The memoirs allow you to see through the eyes of someone who has grown up knowing they were queer, and nonfiction is helpful to fill gaps in your knowledge. The list below contains a range of books that I’ve read myself and with our book club, and other titles were recommended to me by parents of LGBT kids and members of the LGBT community. By signing up you agree to our terms of use Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox.
You are feeling ALL the emotions, and you definitely have questions. Or maybe you have a gender-nonconforming 7-year-old and you’re not sure exactly what is going on. Or your college age daughter came home over fall break and came out as bisexual. Perhaps your teenage son told you that he is gay. Maybe today you are that bewildered parent (or grandparent, aunt, uncle, or teacher).
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We weren’t quite sure how to help, didn’t understand the terminology, and were generally clueless. We were worried how others would treat them. But as my husband and I talked alone, we admitted that we felt uninformed and completely out of our depth. We are so grateful that our child felt safe to share those conversations and realizations with us along the way.Īt first, we just focused on making sure that our child was loved and accepted, and we tried to listen and to understand. Sometimes coming out it is a decisive declaration, but for our gender-questioning kid, coming out looked more like a meandering process of discovery. He deferred sentence until later this month, to allow background reports to be prepared and a risk assessment to be carried out, and placed McFadyen on the Sex Offenders' Register.Īnd he said he will make a decision about whether to impose a strict Sexual Offences Prevention Order - which limits what sex offenders are allowed to do in the community - on the next occasion.National Coming Out Day is this week, and I have found myself recalling when my own child came out a few years back. Sheriff Tom McCartney said: "Bail is not appropriate, and is revoked, and you are remanded in custody." McFadyen, of Paisley, Renfrewshire, pleaded guilty to six charges when he appeared in the dock yesterday. The court heard that McFadyen had also breached bail conditions by starting a relationship with a woman who had a six-year-old child who he babysat. When police analysed his phone, they discovered he had sent illegal images to three other girls aged between 13 and 14. We share live crime news and exclusive court stories as well as features and columns on historical cases, keeping our readers informed and updated across the country.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard an aunt sent up a decoy profile pretending to be a minor and contacted McFadyen. The family examined the girl's iPad and discovered McFadyen had sent her an indecent video of himself. He was caught when the girl confided in her brother who told their mum. McFadyen also asked her to perform a sex act on him.
He forwarded them indecent images of himself and convinced the youngsters to send him intimate pictures and videos.
Ross McFadyen, 41, pretended he was a 12-year-old boy when he contacted his victims on Snapchat and Instagram. A pervert used social media to send vile images to girls as young as seven years old.