PFLAG, the nation’s largest LGBT family and ally organization, recently released a heartfelt video about coming out — but there’s a twist. Though coming out is a scary prospect for many LGBTQ+ individuals, the coming out process, as the video mentions, also includes the parents of those individuals and their process of coming out as […]
Documentary Examines Parents Coming Out to Their Kids
Today, the coming out stories that we hear about are generally by youth or those in their 20s. However, there’s a certain part of the LGBT population that has a very unique experience when they come out — parents with kids. Though attitudes about the LGBT community have changed over time, a new documentary on […]
Magic Johnson Gives Advice to Other Parents of Gay Kids on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Magic Johnson appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week and in addition to talking about business and supporting politicians, Johnson also gave advice for other parents whose children come out. Johnson’s son EJ came out in 2013 and has been a reality star on “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” and “EJ NYC.” When Ellen […]
Two Moms Explain How Our Experiences Make Us Stronger
In The Next Family’s recent Youtube video, Susan and I sat down to answer a few questions from our audiences. Things started off a bit humorous with my wife forgetting when and why I gave her the special necklace she wears around her neck. But as always, our funny banter turned into something a bit […]
WATCH: How This Father Came to Accept His Lesbian Daughter Will Make You Cry
It’s not easy for all parents to immediately accept or understand when their children come out as LGBT, especially when they live in cultures in which anything associated with being LGBT is largely foreign or not discussed. In a video shared by Home is Love, we meet one such parent — a 65-year-old Taiwanese father with […]
Kristen Stewart Proudly Proclaims on SNL That She is “So Gay”
This weekend Kristen Stewart, star of the Twilight films, hosted SNL. Before accidentally dropping the “F bomb” on live television — a mistake she clearly didn’t mean to make — Stewart shared something very significant. She called herself “gay.” Now it’s no surprise that Stewart has dated women in the past like Alicia Cargile, and […]
Watch: A New Kind of Anniversary
WATCH: Life After Coming Out
A Gay Dad Sounds Off On “My Husband is Not Gay” Lies and Abuse
By Rob Watson Sunday night was a cornucopia of LGBT television. First came the Golden Globes with a full offering of heartwarming equality affirmations from wins for Transparent ,including a call out for Leelah Alcorn, to a win for Matt Bomer in which he again asserted his standing as a proud gay dad in the […]
To the Homophobic Parents Caught on Video Throwing Their Gay Son Away: A Gay Dad’s Open Letter
By Rob Watson Last week another young person, Daniel Pierce, was thrown out of his home for being gay. I have written about this on a number of occasions covering such events in the United States, Nigeria and Uganda. What made this event unique? This time the event was recorded. Trying to imagine the evil […]