Beyond Acceptance: Parents of Lesbians and Gays Talk about Their Experiences
"Mom, Dad, I'm gay." When a parent hears these words, the initial shock is often followed by feelings ranging from anger and denial to fear and guilt. It's also the beginning of a difficult journey that, with understanding and emotional support, can lead to acceptance and beyond.\ Now fully revised and updated, Beyond Acceptance is a ground-breaking book that provides parents the comfort and knowledge they need to accept the gay children and build stronger family relationships. Based on the...
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Based upon discussions and interviews with parents of gays and lesbians, this book offers knowledge that will help parents come to understand their children better and build stronger relationships with them. Library Journal Based on interviews with P-FLAG member parents, this book is organized as a chronology of the typical parent's emotional jour- ney to acceptance and beyond. (LJ 11/1/96)
AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionPreface1Finding Out12What We Learned from Books193Communicating with Others464Religious Thinking in Transition595Changing Inner Perceptions896Taking a Stand and Telling Others1177The Rest of the Family1308Levels of Understanding1559Contrast and Comparison of What Was and What Will Be17210About AIDS187Afterword from Gregory M. Griffin217Afterword from Scott Wirth219Appendix223Bibliography225Index229
\ From the Publisher\ "This wonderful book...belongs in the hands of every parent, family member, and friend who knows or suspects someone they love is gay and in the hands of every gay person who is about to share his or her beautiful though unsettling secret. Beyond Acceptance, now updated to reflect important breakthroughs in science and public perceptions, provides a clear and reliable road map for those who seek mutual understanding and respect between straight parents and gay children." --Brian McNaught, author of On Being Gay (from the introduction)\ "Rarely is there a book published that can be called a true 'must.' But if you or especially your parents are not feeling good about their knowledge of your homosexuality, this is one." -Jeff Kirsch, Out!\ "I'd recommend this book to any gay person who has (or has ever had) parents, whether you are out to them or not. And certainly, I'd recommend it to any parent who knows, or even supposes, that his or her child is gay. I'm sending it to mine." --Lori Ubell, The San Francisco Bay Times\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Library JournalBased on interviews with P-FLAG member parents, this book is organized as a chronology of the typical parent's emotional jour- ney to acceptance and beyond. (LJ 11/1/96)\ \
