For the Kids

Are you the child of an lgbtq parent? A child that is ten, twenty or forty? Read on... This is a website about changing the coming out experience by offering guidance and direction to those that would like to be supportive of others during their time of coming out. Clearly, the children of lgbtq people are important in this discussion. While this goal is aimed at the lgbtq person, the impact will be felt by the children. And....the difficulties of coming out are exacerbated by the difficulties faced by the children of the newly out person. For the children of lgbtq, as well as their parent, the bigger questions are about homophobia and power related to heterosexism. This website addresses only one small part of that picture -- the time of coming out. Because children's lives will be improved if their parent's coming out experience is received in a generous and loving manner, then refiguring the context of the time of coming out is a worthy endeavor for all. To those ends, your voices are important, essential. How do you wish responses to coming out had been for your parent and how did those responses assist you in your transition to being a child of an lgbtq parent? How did they help and how could they have been improved?

If you are struggling with homosexuality, please see the Get Help section.

See the Resources page for organizations specifically created for children of lgbt. Included is a wonderful list of camps for children of lgbt parents.

A Survey

How was it for you when your parent came out? How do you wish it would have been? This is a survey to collect information about that time with the results leading to guidance and direction for people who would like to be supportive to others at their time of coming out. The treatment of the newly out has enormous impact on their children. And...the children have their own process to experience and that has an enormous impact on their parent, the newly out person. This survey looks at both.

Click here to take this survey.

See the Resources page for organizations specifically created for children of lgbt. Included is a wonderful list of camps for children of lgbt parents.