Anita Parks
ASIN: B0080QPVZU
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 62
"Bullying gay teenagers to death is a traditional family value." - Dan Savage (co-founder of the It Gets Better Project to prevent suicide among LGBT youth)Gay teens attempt suicide four times as often as their heterosexual peers, according to The Trevor Project, an organization that runs a 24-hour helpline and an online community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) kids. When a child gets rejected by his family, the odds are even nine times higher. Fear keeps many teens from coming out as gay. It takes time for them to come to terms with who they are. They might also feel everyone expects them to be straight and they might fear your reaction. Finding out your child is gay can be a tremendous shock. Parents have all kinds of emotional responses to this news and even more questions.How did it all happen? Why am I so uncomfortable with his sexuality? Is my son just ...