So What If Your 7 Year-Old Son Is Gay?
Joanna Schroeder praises HuffPo blogger Amelia for offering her son unconditional love throughout his very early ‘coming out’ process. I cried happy tears as I read When Your 7 Year-Old Son Announces...
View ArticleWhen Your 7-Year-Old Son Says, ‘I Want to Be Gay’
At age 7, Amelia’s oldest son began to identify as gay. At age 7, her middle son said, “I want to be gay.” How do you respond to the unexpected? —- I write a lot about my oldest son, but he is not my...
View ArticleI Get to Define My Own Family
Family: (n) [insert your definition here] When Amelia’s oldest son was in kindergarten, he learned that not all families are like his…and that there is no “correct” family. When my oldest son was in...
View ArticleWho is in a Gay Family?
Family. When Amelia is asked if she is a “gay parent”, she realizes that a “gay family” could mean almost anything. It was a Saturday night. I was sans children and out with some of my best (adult)...
View ArticleEquality Should Shine Through Generations
Tweet When Amelia’s 7-year-old son told her he was gay, she didn’t bat an eye. She credits the lessons learned from another generation. As I write this my grandmother is dying. It’s not a new thing....
View ArticleWhen My 8-Year-Old Gay Son Taught His Class About Harvey Milk
Tweet Harvey Milk in 1978 at Mayor Moscone’s Desk ” 12 jurors swallowed the Twinkie defense and let a murderer off with a slap on the wrist, and 20 second graders saw right through it.” – Amelia It...
View ArticleNobody Gets To Tell My Sons What It Means To Be A Man
Tweet How does one family create three boys who express their masculinity so differently? - This is the story of three little boys. Three boys raised by the same two parents: a stay-at-home dad and a...
View ArticleWhen (Gay) Boy Meets (Gay) Girl for the First Time
Tweet When a dad with a young gay daughter reached out to Amelia for advice, she turned to her own expert for help…her young gay son. It’s the classic story of “boy meets girl” — only it’s not like...
View ArticleTwo Men Kissing in Front of My Kid? Awesome!
Tweet Amelia isn’t worried about the kisses her kids see. She’s worried about the people who are afraid to kiss in front of them. There are lots of different kisses between people who love each...
View ArticleAnti-Gay Bullying at School, but Not Like We Expected
Some people think using “gay” as a slur isn’t that big of a deal. This mother of three sons disagrees. Bullying. It’s something that most parents worry about, and the parents of gay kids worry about...
View ArticleNo, My 10-Year-Old Son Isn’t Looking for a Girlfriend. He Likes Boys.
People assume a 10-year-old boy in a Zumba class is after one thing. So why are they so shocked when he’s not? At the beginning of this semester, our kids’ school sent home a list of...
View ArticleGet Your Assumptions Off My Kid
Just because Amelia’s son is gay, it doesn’t mean he’s gender non-conforming. ______ It’s back-to-school time, a time met by grumblings from our boys, who want just a few more weeks of summer, and by...
View ArticleBully My Son at Your Own Risk
When Amelia’s young gay son faced a bully, she found herself having to adjust to to their new reality. I knew when I walked into the house that something was wrong. “Babe,” my husband said, “your...
View ArticleA Man in California Wants to Kill My Son
Amelia knew her son might be bullied. She never imagined something like this might ever be proposed. It’s been a long week, and my oldest son and I are curled up on the couch together. There wasn’t...
View ArticleSo What If Your 7 Year-Old Son Is Gay?
Joanna Schroeder praises HuffPo blogger Amelia for offering her son unconditional love throughout his very early ‘coming out’ process. I cried happy tears as I read When Your 7 Year-Old Son Announces...
View ArticleWhen Your 7-Year-Old Son Says, ‘I Want to Be Gay’
At age 7, Amelia’s oldest son began to identify as gay. At age 7, her middle son said, “I want to be gay.” How do you respond to the unexpected? —- I write a lot about my oldest son, but he is not my...
View ArticleI Get to Define My Own Family
Family: (n) [insert your definition here] When Amelia’s oldest son was in kindergarten, he learned that not all families are like his…and that there is no “correct” family. When my oldest son was in...
View ArticleWho is in a Gay Family?
Family. When Amelia is asked if she is a “gay parent”, she realizes that a “gay family” could mean almost anything. It was a Saturday night. I was sans children and out with some of my best (adult)...
View ArticleEquality Should Shine Through Generations
When Amelia’s 7-year-old son told her he was gay, she didn’t bat an eye. She credits the lessons learned from another generation. As I write this my grandmother is dying. It’s not a new thing. It’s...
View ArticleWhen My 8-Year-Old Gay Son Taught His Class About Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk in 1978 at Mayor Moscone’s Desk ” 12 jurors swallowed the Twinkie defense and let a murderer off with a slap on the wrist, and 20 second graders saw right through it.” – Amelia It was...
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