Sexual Orientation: Sexuality and Parents?

[Anonymous]

Lately I have been questioning whether or not I'm gay. Everytime I get closer and closer to a conclusion that I'am gay I find some way for it not to be true. Has this ever happen to anyone?

My other question is that ok my parents aren't the most accepting of gays especially my Dad well when ever a topic that he brings up with about gays an lesbians and what ever he says it always makes me feel really nervous and uncomfortable.

Do these feelings to how they feel about gays make me uncomfortable because I'am gay and leading me discomfort and hide that I'm gay. Please help

Has anybody's parents every been this way and when you came out to them did they ever change?

[prism]

Gay or not, everyone tends to feel a little uncomfortable after hearing some of the comments individuals from older generations make. What was socially acceptable to say back then isn't now. It's good to question. Give yourself time to find out who you are most attracted to and what you are most comfortable with. There's no rush to label yourself. Even when you reach the point where you think you understand your sexuality, be open to any change or attraction.

Someone in another thread asked how they could get their father to stop using "gay" as an insult. My sibling is openly gay, but my father will still say when a neighborhood or event is "taken over by the gays." He's not homophobic, but he doesn't understand how that particular use of the word can be offensive to others. Years from now, our kids will hush us when we say the word "retard." Sometimes it's hatred and ignorance, but sometimes it's just a generational thing!

Hope this helps!