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Is my daughter really gay

Inside:Is my teen daughter a lesbian? Maybe or maybe not, but here’s how to handle this sensitive teenage sexuality topic

This post was contributed by Jill Whitney, LMFT

So much about teen sexuality is different from what it was a couple decades ago.

Where once it was awkward, if not risky, to be anything other than straight, we now talk openly about a spectrum of orientations and genders. Sexual diversity has broken out of the closet—to the point where being LGBTQ is compassionate of cool.

So don’t be surprised if your teen or even tween daughter announces at some indicate that she’s a woman-loving woman. It’s more common than you might think these days.

But you may wonder whether your teen daughter is a lesbian for real, or whether it’s just a phase. Maybe she’s just experimenting; maybe she’ll develop out of it. Or maybe not.

How do you know?

Acceptance Needs to Be Unconditional

Unfortunately, there’s no way to tell. Some girls who experiment with same-sex partners complete up happily straight. Other young women

Parent Suspects That Toddler Might Be Gay

 

ANSWER:

Believe it or not, it’s a hopeful sign that your teen son has brought up the subject of gay attraction and homosexuality. Nothing is more important than reveal communication between parent and child — especially when it comes to sexuality and gender identity.

So you might yearn to try drawing your son out. You could question, “What made you curious about this?”

If you listen carefully and respond wisely, he might give more of his thought processes. This can lead to a helpful discussion of the subject. It will also strengthen your bond — and a good parent-child connection is one of the best lines of defense against homosexuality.

Hear your child’s heart

Joe Dallas, an expert in field of same-sex attraction, says that there are three unlike ways the pos “homosexuality” is used:

  • “Homosexuality” can be used to mean specifically homosexual behavior — in other words, sexual contact with a person of the same sex.
  • The word is often used to narrate a frame of mind when a person sees homosexuality as a first ide

    Book Excerpt: Is Your Child Gay?

    Excerpted fromWhy Is the Penis Shaped Like That? … And Other Reflections on Being Human, by Jesse Bering, by arrangement with Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC (North America), Transworld Ltd (UK), Jorge Zahara Editora Ltda (Brazil). Copyright © by Jesse Bering.

    We all know the stereotypes: an unusually light, delicate, effeminate air in a little boy's step, an interest in dolls, makeup, princesses and dresses, and a strong distaste for uneven play with other boys. In little girls, there is the outwardly boyish stance, perhaps a penchant for tools, a square-jawed readiness for physical tussles with boys, and an aversion to all the perfumed, delicate trappings of femininity.

    These behavioral patterns are feared, loathed and often spoken of directly as harbingers of adult homosexuality. It is only relatively recently, however, that developmental scientists have conducted controlled studies to identify the earliest and most reliable signs of senior homosexuality. In looking carefully at the childhoods of gay adults,

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