Gay mom

Times have a-changed! And although it sometimes looks like the world is getting worse, some things are definitely getting better. For the purpose of this post, I address parents whose children came out as gay or lesbian. Most of it applies to kids who come out as bi or trans, but I hope to write a different post to address trans kids more specifically, since other social and cultural aspects come into play.

I myself am extremely close to my mom and attribute many of my characteristics to the way she raised me. For most of my young life, she was my best friend and I can say now that she probably knew me before I knew myself. Realistically though, there was never any need to come out. Not just to my mom, but for my entire family.

When I tell people this, they assume that her and my father are divorced or that he is otherwise out of the picture. He is not. My mother grew up in Queens and went to an art and design high school in Manhattan where she was exposed to all different kinds of lifestyles. She then went to Bard College gay where she kissed her girl friends gay and studied art gay , all while dating my father.

My mom asked me if I was gay lesbian and I just kind a laughed and said no. I'm guessing she asked due to the fact that I was watching, and have watched multiple, a show with lesbian characters. She also may have asked because I do fit the lesbian stereotype, shot hair, don't like frills and pink and stuff like that, don't talk about boys, and stuff like this. So I was wondering, how should I, or should I at all, come out to my mom?