My dad gay

I got angry that night, and when I had time to think about why, I realized it wasn't about being confronted with the truth, but about all those years of omission. Strangers knew something important about my father that I didn't. When he and Michael were beaten up because of it, after I got over the shock of the assault, I learned something else: People in the street could see what I couldn't.

My Dad is Gay and So Am I. Questions?

For most of these, I have prepared a stock answer, a kind of here's-one-I-made-earlier-approach that has seen me through some inane, insulting and downright ludicrous conversations. Firstly, I have no reason to believe that his sexuality has any bearing on mine, genetically, environmentally, or in any other sense.

Dad Is Gay -- And It Affects How I See All Other Men

But, they would often have a "flickering conscience" -- sometimes being kind and moral, other times being cruel and opportunistic. I was always wondering, is this guy for real? And who is he? Unfortunately, my dad's coming out didn't instantly make all men less mysterious me.

After all, she had always been his biggest fan. Theirs was an unconventional love — but love just the same — and one they chose under trying circumstances. I was surprised when I received pushback from two men in attendance. One declared my father was a traitor to the gay movement.