While he appreciated the gesture, he said that they should consider giving it to The Trevor Project, an that provides a 24/7 suicide and crisis prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth, instead. We talked for a bit while finishing our dinner about how I can't emphasize enough that I love him regardless of which gender he loves."Īfter hearing his story, Redditors gifted the dad gold (fictitious currency). " even started to cry on my shoulder and because of that I couldn't help myself but shed a couple tears. Later that evening, after a few moments of silence, his son finally said, "I'm gay." The father got up and hugged his son. He dropped the conversation but ended with, "Well, whoever it is, they should be so lucky to have you as a boyfriend."
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In an update posted to Reddit a few days later, he explained that he "started off with talking about general media with ," like "how awesome it was that Tim Cook (CEO of Apple) came out as being gay." Then, the next day, he asked his son if he had any crushes, and when his son responded "maybe," the dad asked "who's the lucky person?" "At this point he sort of looked at me slightly confused, I'm not 100 percent sure why, but I'm assuming it is because I said 'lucky person, rather than 'lucky girl'" the dad explained. Without being too obvious, introduce some more LGBT culture into his life.Let him know what side you are on, and that you are there for him if he needs the support."Īrmed with sound suggestions, here's what the father did. What you can do, is lead him in the right direction. "There's no telling what he himself thinks about the whole 'liking guys' thing yet, so it would probably be best to give him some space for the time being.
"Google 'how to tell my son I will love and support him no matter what' and leave it in his search history," suggested one user.Īnother said that the dad should let his son "come to you with this," but in the meantime said that the father should start discretely indicating that he was pro-gay rights by "making a positive remark when gay marriage is discussed on TV, complimenting a show for their inclusiveness of LGBT characters, etc."ĭon't "force him to 'come out' before he's ready," another user cautioned. The "askgaybros" reddit community happily guided him. "He has seemed slightly down recently, as in, he isn't as cheerful as he once was, and I desperately want to tell him that I love him regardless of which sexuality he is," he continued. "Should I wait for him to tell me? Or should I make a few hints at it? I'm worried that if I don't hint at it, that he will be worried about something that he really doesn't have to be worried about," the father explained.
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On the drive home, I said to myself, "and to think I've been doing this for free all this time.A single dad accidentally stumbled on his 13-year-old son's Google search history and noticed, to his surprise, that his son had been looking up things like "I'm gay, what now?" Not sure what to do with this new information, the dad turned to reddit for advice. We kept in touch for three years afterward. Instead, I felt like I had just been worshiped. "I absolutely was expecting to feel degraded and used at the end of this. Our hope is to help men who are trying to come to terms with their sexuality. First names are used to protect their identities. To gather their narratives, we asked the Guy Counseling community to come forward and share. And really all that happened after that was 45 minutes of being eaten out and less than one minute of sex at the end that I wished would have lasted longer. What follows are 25 first gay experiences stories as told by men who identify as straight. "When he opened the door, he had this welcoming, warm smile. This is horrible, karma is going to get me. What would my family say? I imagined being choked to death, unable to scream. "I imagined being arrested for prostitution, my picture in the paper. "Sshhreddit" said they put an advertisement up on a website. "The couple gave him lunch afterwards and something crazy like $800."