Mom, Dad. I'm Gay. How Families Negotiate Coming Out

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Factors Associated with Parents’ Knowledge of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths’ Sexual Orientation (2010, background): “Youths have different reasons they do not tell their parents or endeavor to discourage parents’ interest in their sexual orientation (Herdt & Koff, 2000; Muller, 1987; Savin-Williams, 2001).”
Homophobic Teasing, Psychological Outcomes, and Sexual Orientation Among High School Students: What Influence Do Parents and Schools Have? (2008, background): “…with virtually none examining potential protective factors for youth who are questioning their sexual orientation in a heterosexist culture (Savin-Williams, 2001), even though sexually questioning youth have been identified as a group of young people with various needs for support…”
Negative Parental Responses to Coming Out and Family Functioning in a Sample of Lesbian and Gay Young Adults (2015, background): “A handful of studies (BenAri 1995; D’Augelli et al. 2002; LaSala 2000; Saltzburg 2004; Savin-Williams 2001; Willoughby et al. 2006) have examined parents’ initial reactions to their youth’s CO.”
Stigma and disclosure: Implications for coming out of the closet (2003, background): “At the worst, family members and others ostracize the person who is struggling with either their gay or mentally ill identity (Savin-Williams, 2001).”