Ok, i know it probably sounds really cheesy, but i'm writing a paper for my english class and i'm doing it on parents reactions to the sons/daughters coming out as LGBT people and how they dealt with it. So if you could say how you're parents reacted, or if you're a parent of an LGBT child it would be great to hear. Please and Thank you.(*hug*)
http://www.emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6896 That is my the thread I wrote the day I came out to my parents. It's kind of long, but then again it is probably one of the most important moments in my life, so I figure I had a little freedom to be wordy for once! :icon_bigg
http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2936 That's the thread where I came out to most people http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3597 When my mother accepted my sexuality http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3790 When I told my dad except I forgot to put in something, he actually said 'Fine, it's your choice" "No dad, I made no choice" Voilà Hope this helps you. (pm Louise to know how she really felt when I came out to her :icon_wink)
My mom grounded me for like a week or so. I had been told its not right....that what i was doing was wrong... she told some people in my family.... and i was told the same thing of the fact what i was doing was wrong..and stuff like that and i got very restricted for wen people slept over..cuz yea at the time they found out i had a girlfriend and yea for atleast a month and a half we were only allowed to see each other at school. but after that then my mom started letting me have her over again..but we had to sleep in the living room.... me and my ex-girlfriend(current girlfriend at the time) both got kicked out of my house in the cold for a little wail. my mom now seems a little better with it now though and adjusting and all but yea.... my mom with telling my family i still deal with shit about it..like some of my family doesnt no and all but yea i listen to people putting down LGBT goups and stuff like that by my family btw my family is a christain/luther or w/e family. i beleive i covered all of what happened...i think..
Well, when I first told my mom, it was during a very heated argument, so not the best of circumstances. But anyway, she FLIPPED. Ran away from me to her room, slammed the door shut and wailed for a solid half hour. Of course, I didn't know how to react myself since I was not expecting that reaction at all. I could hear her cursing my friends and school, saying how I've been corrupted and that she would "take me to see someone." To this day I have yet to figure out what that meant exactly. But after a couple of hours she eventually calmed down and embraced me with a hug and said "I will always love you, no matter what." We really haven't talked much about it since then. Just an occasional comment here and there.
My mother didn't really seem to care. She said something along the lines of "everything will work itself out".
