Thank you for accepting my, little bit unconventional, contribution to this cause.
This is such an important issue, one that is also very close to my own heart. I have a 19 year old son who is currently going through his own struggles with personal & sexual identity. Although he receives tonnes of love & support at home, he does not share who he is with his own peers for fear of reprisal. The friends he currently hangs with are very homophobic, and I feel this is because it currently fits with his own struggles of personal acceptance.
It is a sad & fearful time for me knowing that my son feels he must compromise who he is for his own safety and whilst he finds a way to love and accept himself. I live in hope that with consistent love & understanding from his family he will find a way.
An International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) initiative in partnership with:
ACON (NSW's leading GLBT health promotion agency), Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, City of Sydney, NSW Police Force, Department of Justice and Attorney General, Anti-Violence Project of Victoria, NSW Young Lawyers Human Rights Committee (Same-Sex and Anti-Discrimination Working Groups), Amnesty International Australia NSW LGBTQ Network, Diversity Council Australia, Twenty10, NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, National LGBT Health Alliance, Metropolitan Community Church Sydney, The Gender Centre, Highschoolers Against Homophobia and others.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 3:48PM
Reader Comments (1)
Thank you for accepting my, little bit unconventional, contribution to this cause.
This is such an important issue, one that is also very close to my own heart. I have a 19 year old son who is currently going through his own struggles with personal & sexual identity. Although he receives tonnes of love & support at home, he does not share who he is with his own peers for fear of reprisal. The friends he currently hangs with are very homophobic, and I feel this is because it currently fits with his own struggles of personal acceptance.
It is a sad & fearful time for me knowing that my son feels he must compromise who he is for his own safety and whilst he finds a way to love and accept himself. I live in hope that with consistent love & understanding from his family he will find a way.
Thank you
Mx