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Read This Before Coming Out to your Parents
Most Follow Typical Stages
The purpose of this is to inform gay and lesbian young adults about the process most parents go through when their child’s homosexual orientation is disclosed.
This article is credited to Tom Sauerman and PFLAG Philadelphia
The stages to be More >
Resources for LGBTQ Students
Despite the recent legalization of gay marriage, the LGBT youth of America still face unwanted discrimination in and out of school. Throughout primary school and college, students who identify as LGBTQ are more susceptible to bullying, social isolation, and even physical assault. In fact, according More >
5 Actionable Tips For Parents To Help Protect Our LGBTQ Teens From Cyber Bullying Risks
(This was contributed by our online contributor Hilary Smith)
A recent study discovered cyberbullying rates have tripled! This means that 87 percent of our children have either been targeted or witnessed digital cruelty in some form. This is heartbreaking, because high statistics like those mean More >
PFLAG Dad David’s remarks at Freedom to Marry Rally
David and Tori Stivers, with their son, Grant
David Stivers, the Co-President of PFLAG Atlanta recently spoke on October 23 at Georgia Equality’s Rally for Marriage in Atlanta, Georgia, where marriage supporters made the case that Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens should stop defending marriage More >
How Many Americans Are Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual? : NY Times
As it has for decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week released its annual National Health Interview Survey on the health of Americans. But this year, there was a difference: For the first time, the respondents were asked about their sexual More >
‘Parental Acceptance’ Documentary short featuring PFLAG Atlanta parents
Our amazing PFLAG Atlanta parents, Jeannie and Dick were featured in a documentary short about how their children came out to them. Take a look!
Don’t Hate Someone You Love « FreedHearts
A mom from a small, conservative town said to her son: “There aren’t any gays in this town.” Her son laughed and said, “Yes there are, Mom. They’re just deep in the closet… or they’ve moved away.”
I know it’s easier to imagine that those “gays” are some other people, some other place, not here, More >
How to Come Out to Your Sister | Freedhearts
Coming out for anyone can be scary, because you can’t really say, “Just kidding!” if someone goes ballistic. Becca took a courageous step to come out to her sister away at college and was quite relieved at her loving response. Because they had been reading my blogs, they shared their conversation More >
Never Make Your Kids Feel Ashamed of Who They Are | Freedhearts
Shame. It says, “There is something fundamentally wrong with me.” It is the lie at the very root of our identity. If I did something wrong, I can apologize and make amends. But if I am fundamentally wrong, what hope do I have?
Our greatest need is to be loved, to belong, to be accepted as we are. More >
Loss of Religion and Faith
I’m usually a happy Agnostic with Christian leanings. I celebrate Christmas, I celebrate Easter. I listen to Palestrina’s and Bach’s sacred masses on my iTunes and I am a sucker for Gregorian chant. I pray sometimes. I love old churches and cathedrals, especially getting to sit inside something so More >
A Mom, Some Gays, and the Bible | FreedHearts
I am a Mom of five (nearly) grown kids I homeschooled, married to Rob for 26 years, and a churchgoing Christ-follower for decades. I know the lingo, got the t-shirt. Certainly I’ve figured out that most Christians I’ve met avoid The Gay Debate. When friend or fam pop up as gay, many Christians More >
What Actually Happened At The Supreme Court | Buzzfeed
What The Court Decisions Do:The Supreme Court issued two big decisions on Wednesday. So, what did the decisions do? What did the decisions not do? What remains up in the air?
In the first case, Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the portion of the 1996 law that defined “marriage” and More >
YouTube Celebrates Gay Pride With Proud To Love VIDEO
Like so many other companies and websites, YouTube has joined the celebration that has resulted from the Supreme Court verdicts and the video they have created is one of the most touching of all.
The clip is compiled from various YouTube videos of everything from coming out confessionals and gay
More >Christians, Why Are You Afraid of Gay Marriage? | FreedHearts
A group of prominent evangelicals recently declared that if marriage equality becomes law, they will disobey it. These God-fearing meticulous Bible-followers feel so strongly about gay marriage that they are willing to flout this law they don’t agree with. I really, truly understand their More >
The Condemnation of DOMA | FreedHearts
From: The Condemnation of DOMA | FreedHearts
“Christians are becoming increasingly irrelevant. They are dragging Jesus down with them.”
The eyes of the nation are on the Supreme Court as we wait for a ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop 8. What is at stake for Christians in this battle? More >
Embracing Transgender Equality, Inside and Outside Religious Communities
While I was marching in DC’s Capital Pride this year, a trans ally watching the parade tried handing me a sticker that said “God Made Me Trans.” As an atheist transgender woman, the gracious gesture simultaneously warmed my heart and stirred up a sense of outrage at the assumption that I needed a More >
Being Gay at a Catholic University
When I was a student at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 2005, a group of gay students organized with the aim of convincing the Benedictine monks who ran the school to recognize a club that would serve the needs of the college’s gay community. They met in secret, but if you More >
A Love Letter to the LGBTQ from a Christian Mom | FreedHearts
“They kicked me out on my 18th birthday for being gay… I’ve tried to contact them… I don’t know if they still love me.” Jonathan Allen, America’s Got Talent
My husband and I sat stunned as this young man sang Pavarotti on “America’s Got Talent.” Tears filled our eyes as his story settled on us, More >
Yes, You Can Be Gay And Christian
The Pew Research Center released a study last week that examined the lives of LGBT Americans. One portion of the study, which has garnered significant media attention is the relationship between LGBT people and religion. The study found that LGBT people tended to be more religiously affiliated than More >
