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From: on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley)
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Subject: Re: Parents, children, and sexuality.
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 00:40:59 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 00:40:59 1986
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Reply-To: on@hpda.UUCP (Owen Rowley)
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>In article <526@decwrl.DEC.COM> fisher@dssdev.DEC (Gerry Fisher --- Terminally Inane) writes:

>I don't hold a grudge against my parents for saying what they did.  I
>guess that I am dreaming of the day when parents can explain the
>spectrum of human sexuality to their adolescent children, and instill
>faith in them that their sexuality, whatever it may be, is beautiful,
>unique, and most important of all, "ok" to them. 
>			Gerry Fisher
>                        ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-dssdev!fisher

At a gay mens rap group I occasionally attend, I heard a man relate the 
story of his "coming out"
He was twelve years old and scared, his mother was supportive and told him
that it was OK with her, his Father revealed that he was bisexual himself,
and proved to be a real friend through the years as a source of advise
and  comfort. So I guess it does happen though not enough..
I relate to Gerrys attitude that the silence and aversion to discussing "it"
is not really the kind of supportiv parenting that I needed..
   During the period of my life when I tryed to be socially acceptable and
got married I was often amused by the blank stares I got from relatives 
when they  learned that I had a wife!! :-)
LUX .. on
Owen Rowley
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