Please note:  Our Stories and Links pages contain links to some sites and some stories
which may include, or link to, things that may be considered by some to be "adult
content."  We believe that the content we link to has far greater potential for benefit
than for detriment. Teens know how to search for porn all around the Internet. Aiding
that quest is not our purpose.
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Welcome, moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other adults.
"The worst sin of age is forgetting the trials of youth."   
~
From Smallville telecast of 10/1/03

Do you have a gay child?  Please click here to visit a  site
created by the loving parents of a gay son.

Please visit this
Gay Youth Page and read Steve's
A Note for Parents on the righthand side of that page.
Gabi Clayton has an important website that is one result of the
suicide of her son Bill, shortly after he was a victim of a hate crime.
Please
visit her site and read Bill's Story.
Parents, please click here for links to stories that have helped
our parents better understand kids of all orientations, and have
made them feel more comfortable as parents of gay boys.
Please click here for "Daddy's Princess (Pink and Blue)", a very special poem
by sixteen-year-old Canadian Kristina Atkinson.
My child is Gay!  Now what do I do?  Click here to visit the most wonderful and
comprensive site
we've found for parents of gay, bi and lesbian kids.

Fathers of boys, and indeed all men and boys, please click here and read an
important essay on the ability (or lack thereof) to express emotions.  Fathers have
a great impact on their sons' self-esteem and the way they deal with their
emotions.  We hope you will read and grow, as men and boys of all ages and
orientations.

DIVORCE:  We're realizing that many teens -- especially GLBT teens -- whose
parents are getting (or have gotten) a divorce are experiencing the same feelings
that Trey of our crew did when his parents decided to divorce less than a year
after Trey had come out to them.  They feel it's their fault.  If you're a parent in
that situation, please read these articles to help you understand what your kids are
going through:  
When Parents Divorce at Teen Talk, Dealing With Divorce at
TeensHealth, and
Your Parents' Divorce at the UIUC Counseling Center.

The non-fiction section of
PiNKBOOKS includes several important books for parents
of gay and lesbian teens.  Some of them were written by parents of gay kids.