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This after finding out he was in a relationship with a man. A young man in Kolkata, India has been subjected to physical and mental abuse after his family found out he was gay and living with another man. The India Times reports that the young man, whom they refer to as “Sanjoy,” is in his early twenties and lives with his partner. According to Sanjoy, when his parents discovered that he was in a serious same-sex relationship, they hired a group...

A father has spoken of how a technical hitch saw him come out to his family. The man shared his awkward story on Reddit, going only by the username Thrwwyniner. He described how he’d been going through a divorce when he downloaded the app, and had thought the situation was watertight. However an alleged glitch by Apple led his son – also on the family iTunes account – to discover some surprising apps. He had downloaded gay dating apps Scruff and DaddyHunt for...

A mother has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her gay son to death after a Christmas family row. 32-year-old Tatiana Lozano Pereira was arrested last month over the killing of her 17-year-old son Itaberli Lozano in their house in Cravinhos, Brazil. According to reports in local Portuguese-language media outlets, Lozano Pereira has long rejected his son because he is gay. However a row between the pair worsened over Christmas, and escalated when Lozano Pereira hired two thugs to “teach a lesson” to...

Halloween 2017 may be 337 days away, but a sensational Hocus Pocus inspired performance by a little boy named Alfie is going viral for all the rights reasons.A proud father shared his son’s pitch-perfect performance of Bette Midler’s “I Put A Spell On You” and even dressed as the iconic character Winifred Sanderson, complete with a red wig and costume. “I’ve stopped putting videos on Facebook of Alfie cos he didn’t want me to but he has asked me to put this one on....

James Shawlin was doing some post-Thanksgiving shopping with his 4-year-old son, Oliver, when he says he was verbally assaulted by the antigay store manager of the Floor and Decor in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The alleged incident happened last Friday. According to a local TV news station, Shawlin returned to the store with some damaged stone slabs he had purchased earlier. “The manager that came over was not too happy,” Shawlin said. “You could tell he was not in a good mood.” The two men exchanged words. “I...

An international student studying in Canada has been left homeless and in need of support after coming out as gay to his family. The 21-year-old computer science student student from Punjab, known only as Sukh to protect his identity, was financially dependent on his parents while at uni and while staying with other relatives in Surrey. After coming out to his family, Sukh was quickly disowned, abandoned and thrown out of his home where he was allegedly physically assaulted by his cousin. In the wake of that...

A mother who lost her son in the Orlando Pulse massacre has spoken out ahead of the Presidential election. Christopher Leinonen died in the horrific attack in June, when a gunman opened fire in the Pulse gay club, killing 49 people and injuring 53. In a ad for the Human Rights Campaign, Christopher’s mother Christine Leinonen opened up about the tragedy. She wrote: “My son Christopher Leinonen was shot and killed at the Pulse nightclub along with his boyfriend Juan and 47 other people. “This is definitely...

Life is a series of choices — what to have for lunch, where to go to college, when to come out to Mom and Dad and, most importantly for this story, when to work on that beach-ready bod. From the depths of Reddit comes this cautionary tale about the importance of the nuclear family and the bonds that tie it together. So easily they can fray, over seemingly so little. A distraught 20-year-old sister, we’ll call her Rachel, fills in the...

This grandad wrote a moving letter after his daughter kicked her son out for being gay. The obviously proud ‘pa was disappointed in his child’s actions, and vowed to look after her son if she couldn’t. He called her out for being the “shame in the family”, and choosing to be hurtful and narrow-minded. He then goes on to mimic her actions and disown her for disowning her own son. The original letter appeared on the FCKH8 Facebook page after Chad sent...

She knows how ridiculous it sounds, but she’s praying that the teeming masses over at Reddit will be able to offer some timely advice on a matter that’s rending her household asunder. “Our daughters had the idea to give their brother a makeover,” Ollyolyfreetimes writes. “They all thought it was hilarious and my husband did not say anything at the time but apparently he ‘died inside’ when he saw our son with makeup on.” Now he’s going on rants about how their five-year-old...

An anonymous woman using the handle jane_trousers has taken to Reddit to post a rather touching request for advice, all because she suspects her 12-year-old son is gay and wants to do everything she can to help him adjust. “He’s flamboyant and somewhat effeminate,” she writes. “He likes dancing, musicals, My Little Pony, and other things that check the boxes. All good.” But she’s not sure he knows he’s gay yet (or if he really is gay). Nevertheless, something he said this...

The photo of a trans dad breastfeeding his son has gone viral as it is celebrated as a brilliant image of a modern family. Evan Hemel and his partner decided back in 2011 that he would come off his testosterone in order to carry their child. https://twitter.com/TIME/status/771513030203084800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw According to People, Hempel had always planned to carry his child, even after transitioning to mae. After several attempts at artificial insemination using donor sperm, Hempel gave birth to his son in spring 2016. Speaking to TIME,...

Rev. Danny Cortez had spent over two decades as a Southern Baptist pastor, and as such was not supportive of homosexuality. When his son came out as gay in 2014, he had a monumental change of heart that would shake up his church. Rev. Cortez decided he needed to preach a message of support for his son and to let his congregation know not only that he had changed him mind on the matter, but also why. “That morning I came to...

When retired Mennonite pastor Chester Wenger defied his church to officiate his son’s same-sex wedding, he knew it would likely lead to reprisal from the church. In fact, he reported himself. They responded by revoking his ministerial credentials, which he had since 1948. Writer and commentator Malcolm Gladwell featured Wenger on the most recent episode of his podcast Revisionist History, in which he says Wenger is an exemplar of “generous orthodoxy,” the theme and title of the episode. He was willing...