food for thought for parents with a LGBT kid

When your child is LGBT (Lesbian or Gay or Bisexual or Transsexual), it is part of a minority.

If you are like most parents and heterosexual, this minority does not include you.

Most minorities are based on race and religion - things that tend to run in families. Histories and stories are told from generation to generation. Politics are discussed over the kitchen table where everyone has the same stake.

With a LGBT child, it is different. You may not e LGBT, but it is now your job  to become an expert in the issues of this minority. You need to learn LGBT history, LGBT current political issues and LGBT controversies. Because you need to know your child's history, your child's issues, your child's reality. This might feel uncomfortable to you, maybe even a little alien, but this is not about you. This is about your child.