A comment on "What would you do if your child told you they were gay?"

[Christiansmommy]

Originally posted by carole
Although this thread has been dormant for a while, I decided to post on it, as this discussion was raised in my home yesterday.

My daughter had a bit of a crush on one of her earlier school friends brother, she is 12, he is 14 going on 15, however it came to my attention yesterday he was leaving our city and being sent to boarding school about 4 hrs away.

To cut a long story short, this young man was been given a hard time at our local unisex school, why? Yes you guessed it, he has come out and told everyone he is GAY.

This young man tryed to committ suicide by cutting his wrists, and apparently he has told my daughter and friends his mother now hates him.

I thought I would post this, just so people can understand just how hard it is for gay people in our society today, even though it is more tolerant than it was, we still have a long way to go in accepting different life styles.

My heart goes out to this young man, I have been aquaintances with him since he was quite young, not in a big way, but my daughter used to play with his sister, I am sad to hear his mother has reacted this way, she is re-married to a Doctor, surely you would think he would be dealing with gay people all the time and would beable to help her through this, it appears they are sending him away , to save face and embarrassment, shame on them.

They are sending him to an all boys school, I wonder how that will work for him.

So give a thought to this young man, who's life is in turmoil right now.

That is so very sad. I feel bad for that boy. I could never do that to my son. Hope he finds a teacher at the school that he can become friends with, kind of a mentor, to help him deal with everything, including rejection from his mom.

[caseysmom]

People can really mess up their childrens lives...that is really sad.

[aly]

Since I didn't post in the original thread, I'll answer the original question on here...

I would give full support to my child, whether they be straight, gay, bisexual, or whatever. I would be worried about how an unaccepting society would treat my child, but I would fully support that they live their life without having to hide themsevles from everyone and live a lie.

[chelsea]

I could NEVER disown or bash my child for being who they are, it is a part of life and if you look back through history being gay has been a part of life for centuries. I also want to add that loving and supporting your child should be unconditional.

[lisalee]

Well, I'm not having children but I would never hold anything against anyone because they were gay. I have nothing against gay/homosexual people or them marrying, that's there business if that's what they want to do. I believe there are far worse people out there.

[tikeyas_mom]

if i have a child that came out as being gay i would accept it, and i would always be there for my child... it would make no difference to me, i would love him/her just as much as i had.


anyone who wouldent, should never have kids.