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I LOVE MY GAY SON

Jason Pettus


I have a feeling... well, we’ve never talked about it ' but I have a feeling that you thought I was gay. After all, I was an extremely late bloomer. I didn’t even have my first date until I was in college. When I was in high school, I didn’t go out very much, and when I did, it was always with other men who exhibited the same effeminate traits that I naturally exhibit.

I have a feeling that you struggled with this while I was in high school. I imagine you getting the first inklings of the idea, being confused, being defensive, going into denial, finally accepting, just like any parent of a gay child must do. I imagine you practicing being able to stand up and declare, “I love my gay son” when the time came when I would finally come out of the closet.

It’s funny. I have plenty of gay friends now. Well, I guess I always have. And over half of my friends have parents who haven’t come to grips with it yet. My friends actually are gay, and their parents won’t admit it, won’t let them bring their lovers home. Some of them won’t even let their own children come home.

And you. You were completely accepting, completely loving and ready to take your gay son into your life. And I’m not even gay.



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