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		<title>By: Mae</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mae</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My son who is gay is in a relationship with a man who just went to prison for molesting a teenage.  My son is not a teenage but looks very young.  I am very against him being with this man.  I have tried talking with him but his plans are to wait on this man for years.  It is tearing up our family.  I as scared for my son.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My son who is gay is in a relationship with a man who just went to prison for molesting a teenage.  My son is not a teenage but looks very young.  I am very against him being with this man.  I have tried talking with him but his plans are to wait on this man for years.  It is tearing up our family.  I as scared for my son.</p>
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		<title>By: Shelly</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Found this very powerful.  I have a son that is more comfortable with being gay but still not sure.  There is a history from childhood that I feel a lot of guilt about things that happened with peer that caused my son to have a depressed and self loathing childhood.  I found out when it already did a lot of damage to self esteem.  He is now becoming a confident, and self assured young man who I am very proud of but still hold on to this guilt and wanted so much to go back and change the past which I know is not possible.  He seems to have moved on and is a wonderful person and expressed that he is more comfortable with males.  How do I get feedback and some insight</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this very powerful.  I have a son that is more comfortable with being gay but still not sure.  There is a history from childhood that I feel a lot of guilt about things that happened with peer that caused my son to have a depressed and self loathing childhood.  I found out when it already did a lot of damage to self esteem.  He is now becoming a confident, and self assured young man who I am very proud of but still hold on to this guilt and wanted so much to go back and change the past which I know is not possible.  He seems to have moved on and is a wonderful person and expressed that he is more comfortable with males.  How do I get feedback and some insight</p>
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		<title>By: SHIRLEY BRADBURY</title>
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		<dc:creator>SHIRLEY BRADBURY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m so confussed, I&#039;m sure my 17 year old is gay, when I have tried to talk to him about it he acts angry and wont talk, he is the only boy raised with four girls, all of us think the same, my son will not talk to anyone about anything. well I cant take it anymore I plan on conforting him in a couple days he has to open up, he is so unhappy I see this and it hurts. I believe it is because he is keeping this from us, he has friends that I encouraged to come out and he knows I have many gay friends this is not a problem for me, on the other hand my new husband is totally homofobic (spelling?) I do believe my marriage will end over this because I will not have anyone being rude or mean to my children.  so if anyone has any words to help please do</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m so confussed, I&#8217;m sure my 17 year old is gay, when I have tried to talk to him about it he acts angry and wont talk, he is the only boy raised with four girls, all of us think the same, my son will not talk to anyone about anything. well I cant take it anymore I plan on conforting him in a couple days he has to open up, he is so unhappy I see this and it hurts. I believe it is because he is keeping this from us, he has friends that I encouraged to come out and he knows I have many gay friends this is not a problem for me, on the other hand my new husband is totally homofobic (spelling?) I do believe my marriage will end over this because I will not have anyone being rude or mean to my children.  so if anyone has any words to help please do</p>
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		<title>By: littleboy</title>
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		<dc:creator>littleboy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there, just wanted to mention, I liked this blog post. It was helpful. Keep on posting!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there, just wanted to mention, I liked this blog post. It was helpful. Keep on posting!</p>
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		<title>By: Chad Sanders</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chad Sanders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey.
I&#039;m chad.
One of my good friends Jacob wrote this poem for me 5 years go. It was his suicide note for me.
Uummm. Im glad to see its still helping people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey.<br />
I&#8217;m chad.<br />
One of my good friends Jacob wrote this poem for me 5 years go. It was his suicide note for me.<br />
Uummm. Im glad to see its still helping people.</p>
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		<title>By: ella</title>
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		<dc:creator>ella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hello I just turned a 20 and i came out my senior year of high school and told my parents i was a lesbiqan but i advice all of the parents abo ve just to please love youre children through thkis because you dont know what thier are going through in high school midlle school even elemntry join a support group and trust me you will begin to see the gright side to things:) it wasnt easy for me about two years ago and im pretyy sure its even harder now</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello I just turned a 20 and i came out my senior year of high school and told my parents i was a lesbiqan but i advice all of the parents abo ve just to please love youre children through thkis because you dont know what thier are going through in high school midlle school even elemntry join a support group and trust me you will begin to see the gright side to things:) it wasnt easy for me about two years ago and im pretyy sure its even harder now</p>
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		<title>By: B-Man</title>
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		<dc:creator>B-Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All I can say is WOW to this poem. I&#039;ve always tried writing poems and they don&#039;t always work out. Then again not many people have seen what I&#039;ve written. Also been reading all the other posts that people have wrote after reading this poem. I myself came out awhile ago and it too me alot of courage to tell my Mother that I was Gay. She looked at me and said &quot; I know&quot;. To those who think they are alone, I just wanna say you are not alone. Would like to find a way to help others who think they are alone or just need someone to talk too. e-mail is captncrunch311@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All I can say is WOW to this poem. I&#8217;ve always tried writing poems and they don&#8217;t always work out. Then again not many people have seen what I&#8217;ve written. Also been reading all the other posts that people have wrote after reading this poem. I myself came out awhile ago and it too me alot of courage to tell my Mother that I was Gay. She looked at me and said &#8221; I know&#8221;. To those who think they are alone, I just wanna say you are not alone. Would like to find a way to help others who think they are alone or just need someone to talk too. e-mail is <a href="mailto:captncrunch311@yahoo.com">captncrunch311@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Renea</title>
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		<dc:creator>Renea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My 17 yr old son just came out to my daughter of 13 and myself on Sunday 7-10-11. He hasnt told anyone else. I am an open minded out going individual, and have friends that r gay, but this was the last thing I ever thought of. As a mother, I had notions,as well as my mother. My son and I have a very close relationship, he is a mommas boy and even at 17 he&#039;ll tell you lol. He recently moved to Fl to help run our business, and with his newfound freedom, he was able to test the waters I suppose. He sent a picture of his &quot;mate&quot; and asked me what I thought.... I gave him an honest opinion, and well......then I asked is this your boyfriend...and he said yes, to which I replied BS. My son is a very big prankster, so at first I didnt believe him.He said mom...this is me coming out to you. Mind you , this is all through text. I said ok....then he asked what do I think, and of course I replied, well, no matter what son I will love u, I just want you happy and safe. But I also told him I have questions,thoughts,worries,and that I did not want to know about his &quot;friend&quot; until I was ready, to respect me in that. He answered all of my questions,...thru text, which I admit made it easier for me not to break out in tears,gave me time to think and word everything appropriately, and same for him. I still have questions, and worst of all thoughts, and with time...eventually I will heal, but right now it&#039;s not about me. He feels a huge accomplishment has been made,he&#039;s happy and thats all that matters.
Moms...take your time.Your children know you need it,let them KNOW you love them,TELL them you have questions,concerns, the Y&#039;s of it all. write it down, text it, email,etc.....for me and my son... it did &quot;break&quot; the ice so much easier.
I love my son soo much I would NEVER let my own feelings come between us, as long as he is safe,and happy. Thats all ALL of us ever want for our kids!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My 17 yr old son just came out to my daughter of 13 and myself on Sunday 7-10-11. He hasnt told anyone else. I am an open minded out going individual, and have friends that r gay, but this was the last thing I ever thought of. As a mother, I had notions,as well as my mother. My son and I have a very close relationship, he is a mommas boy and even at 17 he&#8217;ll tell you lol. He recently moved to Fl to help run our business, and with his newfound freedom, he was able to test the waters I suppose. He sent a picture of his &#8220;mate&#8221; and asked me what I thought&#8230;. I gave him an honest opinion, and well&#8230;&#8230;then I asked is this your boyfriend&#8230;and he said yes, to which I replied BS. My son is a very big prankster, so at first I didnt believe him.He said mom&#8230;this is me coming out to you. Mind you , this is all through text. I said ok&#8230;.then he asked what do I think, and of course I replied, well, no matter what son I will love u, I just want you happy and safe. But I also told him I have questions,thoughts,worries,and that I did not want to know about his &#8220;friend&#8221; until I was ready, to respect me in that. He answered all of my questions,&#8230;thru text, which I admit made it easier for me not to break out in tears,gave me time to think and word everything appropriately, and same for him. I still have questions, and worst of all thoughts, and with time&#8230;eventually I will heal, but right now it&#8217;s not about me. He feels a huge accomplishment has been made,he&#8217;s happy and thats all that matters.<br />
Moms&#8230;take your time.Your children know you need it,let them KNOW you love them,TELL them you have questions,concerns, the Y&#8217;s of it all. write it down, text it, email,etc&#8230;..for me and my son&#8230; it did &#8220;break&#8221; the ice so much easier.<br />
I love my son soo much I would NEVER let my own feelings come between us, as long as he is safe,and happy. Thats all ALL of us ever want for our kids!!</p>
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		<title>By: zeblon</title>
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		<dc:creator>zeblon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i am a 14 yr old boy and i&#039;m bi this poem means so much too me. I have loving and an accepting family though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i am a 14 yr old boy and i&#8217;m bi this poem means so much too me. I have loving and an accepting family though.</p>
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		<title>By: JUNIOR</title>
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		<dc:creator>JUNIOR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It has been drawn to my attention at the age of 12 that i am gay. it is the most difficult task as i am literally living inside myself trying to find my place in his world. i will never regret being gy as if was to be another way it would have been. i am worried deeply as ,y society is extremely homophobic. i wish i could leave here but what will happen to my parents i need guidance. Somebody tell me why im on my own? 

&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;sigh&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;
hota_boi4u@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been drawn to my attention at the age of 12 that i am gay. it is the most difficult task as i am literally living inside myself trying to find my place in his world. i will never regret being gy as if was to be another way it would have been. i am worried deeply as ,y society is extremely homophobic. i wish i could leave here but what will happen to my parents i need guidance. Somebody tell me why im on my own? </p>
<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;sigh&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;<br />
<a href="mailto:hota_boi4u@yahoo.com">hota_boi4u@yahoo.com</a></p>
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