Odd gifts to your gay children

[TalkingDog]

Found on-line. Kudos to the parents for being AWESOME.

[DonViejo]

1. The day after my son came out...

I went to a local gay bookstore and bought this book for him. I purchased a couple other things for him too, a pride button and a humorous book. I highly recommend this book to parents or other family members as a gift to a loved one that just came out.

[TalkingDog]

3. And kudos to you too!

[luvspeas]

2. I've worked with LGBT youth for many years...

Today I gave a presentation at a reproductive health conference about how youth who identify as lesbian are at higher risk for teen pregnancy. I was certain to mention that supportive parents of LGBT teens need help and support and that you all can be amazing advocates for services. I also know that many of you are surrogate parents to other gay kids whose parents reject them.

so I just have to say...


YOU ROCK! YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS! and YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO MANY PEOPLE!

thank you

[Raster]

4. Kudos to Mom and Dad!

[xfundy]

5. Fantastic!

I read bits and pieces from that book in various bookstores years ago. Was even called "fag," etc., by other teens reading "The Joy of Sex." Did finally buy a used copy some years ago, but remain too uptight to make too much use of it as a "how-to" manual. Upbringing and fundie indoctrination does have staying power.

[DonRedwood]

6. awesome parents!!!!

[Firebrand Gary]

7. These parents are AMAZING! K&R

[justiceischeap]

8. Hope they included condoms. :) nt

[mnhtnbb]

10. After our oldest came out to us at age 16 that he was gay, hubby went with him

to the drug store where they had a condom buying shopping spree.

When our youngest also came out as gay some years later, hubby
offered to also go with him to the drug store on a condom buying
shopping spree. Youngest one declined the offer: he was 21
when he came out to us and indicated he'd been buying condoms
on his own for a while.

[justiceischeap]

14. Thanks for being so good to your sons! :) nt

[DiverDave]

15. I have 2 boys, 14 (until 12-12-12 lol) and 12

and I would love them for whatever they are.
I simply cannot understand how someone could NOT love their children.
I spoke to my 14 year old last week about the importance of peoples feelings.
That sometimes people where not so careful with others feelings and they hurt people without meaning to.
Not that he has, but some of the girls he knows have attached themselves to him
Texts, calls, the lot. So just wanted to offer an ear and a box of condoms if needed.
I sorta havnt talked much about it so far and it went surprisingly well.
I am so proud of him as he has befriended a boy that the others think is "weird"
Not so sure what that means but his aunt is raising him and his sister as their mom is
a drug addict and gone, and the dad is in prison for a long while.
I dont know how this one got away from me, but lets just say, you and dad are awesome parents,
and the OP as well.
Well, better go check for any damage from sandy.
Dave

[mnhtnbb]

17. Hope Sandy doesn't cause a lot of problems for you

[DiverDave]

16. oops, I meant the last to go to you, sorry...

[Brickbat]

9. Love it. And the "Joy of Sex" (or the modern-day equivalent) isn't a bad gift for het offspring,

either. Part of "the talk" should be about HOW to have good sex, no matter if you're gay or straight.

ETA: For parents of teens or anyone else who's interested, I find scarleteen.com to be an excellent resource that combines accurate sexual health information as well as respectful and helpful information on sexual pleasure, problems, relationship issues and so on.

[politicat]

11. Wonderful gift!

My late girlfriend was raised by her father (her mom died in childbirth and he didn't remarry until she was in college.) He was entirely unprepared for some aspects of raising a daughter alone, so when she started into pre-puberty, he picked up Our Bodies, Ourselves, The Joy of Sex and the early pamphlet edition of The Joy of Lesbian Sex to cover all of her bases. Having those books in the house made it a lot easier for both of them to talk -- and gave them references for questions they both ended up having.

I wish more parents would do this, no matter the orientation or genders of their children. Most people just aren't experts in sexuality and reproduction.

[fasttense]

13. When I was a teenager, my mother bought the book Our Bodies, Ourselves

Then she called her 3 teenage daughter into her bedroom and put the book in her underware drawer in front of us. She said it was a book about sex and we were NOT to read it or look at it.

So everyone of us sneaked into her drawer and took the book off to read.

Later I found out that she did it on purpose knowing the best way to guarantee teenage girls would read a book is to tell them NOT to read it.

Thanks Mom!

[swimboy]

18. That's a most excellent story

Mom, the reverse psychologist!

[irisblue]

12. what loving parents

I hope their kid is as coolas they are