Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends
Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends. Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends is a resource for parents and friends of transgender and gender non-conforming adults and youth. This guide will help...
View ArticleDealing with a Friend Coming Out
When someone tells you that they are gay, lesbian, or bisexual…try to be aware and/or remember that: This person is apt to have spent many hours in thoughtful preparation and shares the information...
View ArticleWhen Your Child Tells You He’s Gay
Your 16-year-old son comes to you for help on everything from friendships to French homework. The two of you banter for hours about politics, sports, and the latest television reality show. There...
View ArticleWhen Your Child Says He/She is Gay/Lesbian
Q: My 14 year-old claims to be gay. Help. A: Right now, you may feel that you’re the only parent in the world facing this situation, but this question is one of the most common ones received by two of...
View ArticleCould Your Teenager Be Gay?
Secretly, many parents hope not. But if the answer is yes, there’s a lot of support to help you and your child along the journey. A few weeks before writing this, I bumped into an acquaintance, a...
View ArticleMy Child is GAY! Now What Do I Do?
Bewildered? Confused? Angry? Feeling guilty? Worried? Believe me, you’re not alone. As the gay community comes out of the closet, parents by the hundreds of thousands are discovering that they are the...
View ArticleWhat to do when your child says: “I’m gay!”
You have just learned that your child is gay, lesbian, or transgendered. You’re experiencing self-blame (“Did I do something wrong?”), grief (“The child I thought I knew and loved no longer exists!”),...
View Article“I’m Christian, unless you’re gay”
Today I want to write about something that has bothered me for the better part of a decade. I’ve carved out no fewer than a dozen drafts of this post, all strangely unalike, all ultimately failing to...
View ArticleA Letter To Louise: A Biblical Affirmation of Homosexuality
INTRODUCTION I have been asked if Louise is real. Yes, and this was a real letter to her. Shortly after I had gone to my first pastorate out of the seminary, Louise invited my wife, Anna Marie, and me...
View ArticleWATCH: The Ellis Family talks about coming out and family acceptance
I thought our journey started December 17, 1997, but actually it started August 31, 1981, the day Adam was born. That day we were given a gift of a baby boy. Each year of his life was a gift and our...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Christian Parents of LGBT Children
For many parents, this can be a difficult time, one that challenges their faith. After all, doesn't the Bible promise "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart...
View ArticleParents of LGBT Children Speak Out about their Journeys
On Dec 16th 2012, we had an incredible panel of parents — a father of a gay man, mother of a lesbian daughter, father of a trans child and mother of a gender non-conforming child speak to us about...
View ArticleWhen Your Child Says He/She is Gay/Lesbian
Q: My 14 year-old claims to be gay. Help. A: Right now, you may feel that you’re the only parent in the world facing this situation, but this question is one of the most common ones received by two of...
View ArticleCould Your Teenager Be Gay?
Secretly, many parents hope not. But if the answer is yes, there’s a lot of support to help you and your child along the journey. A few weeks before writing this, I bumped into an acquaintance, a...
View ArticleMy Child is GAY! Now What Do I Do?
Bewildered? Confused? Angry? Feeling guilty? Worried? Believe me, you’re not alone. As the gay community comes out of the closet, parents by the hundreds of thousands are discovering that they are the...
View ArticleWhat to do when your child says: “I’m gay!”
You have just learned that your child is gay, lesbian, or transgendered. You’re experiencing self-blame (“Did I do something wrong?”), grief (“The child I thought I knew and loved no longer exists!”),...
View Article“I’m Christian, unless you’re gay”
Today I want to write about something that has bothered me for the better part of a decade. I’ve carved out no fewer than a dozen drafts of this post, all strangely unalike, all ultimately failing to...
View ArticleA Letter To Louise: A Biblical Affirmation of Homosexuality
INTRODUCTION I have been asked if Louise is real. Yes, and this was a real letter to her. Shortly after I had gone to my first pastorate out of the seminary, Louise invited my wife, Anna Marie, and me...
View ArticleWATCH: The Ellis Family talks about coming out and family acceptance
I thought our journey started December 17, 1997, but actually it started August 31, 1981, the day Adam was born. That day we were given a gift of a baby boy. Each year of his life was a gift and our...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Christian Parents of LGBT Children
For many parents, this can be a difficult time, one that challenges their faith. After all, doesn't the Bible promise "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart...
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