Something to Tell You: The Road Families Travel When a Child Is Gay

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Author: Gilbert Herdt

ISBN-10: 0231104383

ISBN-13: 9780231104388

Category: Coming out (Sexual orientation)

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An internationally known anthropologist and an eminent social worker/psychotherapist show how families can thrive and actually grow through the creation of more honest relationships when a son or daughter comes out. Paul Beeman An extremely helpful book for parents and family members as they discover a child to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning. We wish we might have read it eleven years ago when our kids came out.

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: When Your Child Says, "I Have Something to Tell You..."1Ch. 1The Heterosexual Family Myth: How It Can Be Harmful13Ch. 2What Affects a Family's Resilience?29Ch. 3When a Family Loses Its Way: Disintegration41Ch. 4Somewhere in the Middle: Ambivalence63Ch. 5The Family Renewed: Integration81Ch. 6You Have Something to Hear: New Cultural Ideals107App. 1: Tables121App. 2: Context and Methods of the Study127App. 3: Resources137Notes145Index151