How to be Gay 101 - Parental Blackmail - Coming Out to Your Parents

In this "lesson", Bill talks about Coming out to your Parents. When's the best time?, how will you know? What should I say?


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[aboveitloveit]

I told my parents before we started our friday night movie in early march this year, and i told them that i needed to talk to both of them privately after the movie's over. after talking to my psychologist earlier, i found it to be necessary to make me feel more comfortable, since i'm still not technically out. when we talked, they were shocked. my dad accepted, while my mom didn't talk to me for a while after that. she talks now, but denies that i ever said it, because she thinks it's sinful :/

[maintoc]

Hi, Bill. I think you're right regarding the "parental blackmail", and it's true that someone coming out to their parents, often after years of secrecy and/or internal turmoil, probably shouldn't expect them to accept the news gladly within a minute or two of hearing it. What really bothers me is instances where parents react very badly to the news and disown their child, kicking him or her out of the house to whatever fate they end up with.