I’ve written before about how important it is for parents to react sensitively when kids come out. I wrote from the assumption that the news the child is gay would come as a surprise, if not a shock, as it was 

Coming out to my parents changed my life, and mostly for the better. I can easily divide my life into two halves: Before I let my parents and the other people that matter to me know of my non-heterosexuality, and 

Have you ever wondered what it means to be cisgender? Or what LGBTQ stands for? Or how many types of sexuality there are? Or if there’s a list of genders somewhere that will help you understand what your kid is