Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child

By Michael C. LaSala. 2010

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Mental Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth and Young Adults: Differential Effects of Age, Gender, Religiosity, and Sexual Orientation (2012, background): “Indeed, research shows that LGB youth are highly concerned about the reaction of both their parents and their friends to learning about their sexual orientation, and they fear rejection by both (LaSala, 2010; Savin-Williams & Ream, 2003, 2007).”
Getting “Bi” in the Family: Bisexual People's Disclosure Experiences (2015, background): “For instance, some research indicates that parents suspected their family member's sexual orientation before the moment of disclosure (LaSala, 2010).”
Negative Parental Responses to Coming Out and Family Functioning in a Sample of Lesbian and Gay Young Adults (2015, background): “From a paternal point of view, the CO of a male son can be seen as a failure to successfully pass on masculinity, and fathers can feel deepening feelings of shame, which make them unwilling to discuss the disclosure and participate emotionally in the event (LaSala 2010).”