WHEN YOUR CHILD COMES OUT TO YOU

When your child comes out to you, or you first find out about their sexuality, you may face many mixed emotions or confusions.

You may feel angry, disappointed, frustrated and isolated. You may feel uncertain and blame yourself.

Your child has probably gone through, this process and may have found new friends or a support group to help them come to terms with their sexuality. Now there is support available to parents who are beginning a journey to acceptance and overcome the overcome the obstacles that this news may bring.

The Leicester Parents Group is run by parents who can talk and empathise based on their own experiences of when their son or daughter came out. Our overriding feelings were of shock, disappointment and the hope that they 'might change back'. Since then we have learnt a lot. Over the years we have helped and supported many parents by , sending them information packs, providing a friendly listening ear on our help lines, and our proudest achievement, by talking to and supporting parents and knowing we have kept families together.

This leaflet contains some points that parents of lesbian, gay and bisexual people should know.

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