Tag: gay children

'My daughter is my everything' Being a single dad and navigating dating is incredibly tricky, according to one gay man. Juan Garcia had his daughter Y’zvel in 2010 at the age of 19. He told Gay Star News: ‘I have always known I wanted a family.’ Juan wanted to fill the void of the love he felt he didn’t get growing up. So in 2009, Juan and his best friend Carol Fredericks decided to have a child. When his daughter was born, Juan describes...

Hello there, I'm a 15 year old young gay man and I'd like to bring your attention to the cause I am trying to champion. LGBTI Youth need to be able to connect with others like them, and im trying to help make that happen. I'v started a new site SORA (Supporters of Rainbow Adolescents) of along with my parents to help kids connect with each other on the Internet, in real life and all over the globe. To undestand the...

'Either you do it, or we will' Chechen authorities are forcing parents to kill their own gay children, reveals shocking new testimonies from escapees. One anonymous testimony starts: ‘We’ve always been persecuted, but never like this,’ reports France 24. ‘Now they arrest everyone. They kill people, they do whatever they want,’ he continues. The testimony reveals Chechen authorities are hoping to ‘cleanse the nation’ of homosexuality. They torture people using electricity and depriving them of food. But shockingly, one survivor reveals: ‘They tell the parents...

Teens kicked out because of their sexuality/gender identity make up a quarter of the homeless population Parents are kicking out young gay people and making them homeless at a ‘dramatic’ higher rate, charities have warned. The Albert Kennedy Trust and Stonewall Housing has reported a ‘dramatic increase’ of young LGBTI people being forced out onto streets by abusive families. Some had physically violent parents, and others had been sent abroad in an attempt to ‘cure’ them of being gay. And then once out...