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Subject What To Do When Your Kid Asks What Gay Means

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Original Message Mia Freedman From: Sunday Herald Sun December 09, 2012

The fact that The Gay Talk is a relatively new thing is wonderful because it means same-sex relationships are no longer underground - unlike during my own childhood when I didn't know any gay people.

In hindsight, of course I did. In fact, I was surrounded by them but in the '70s and '80s, the closet was much bigger and more oppressive so they were invisible to me.

There were no openly gay celebrities, no gay characters in TV shows or movies and no gay people in public life.

It's only decades later that I realised my most beloved primary school teacher was a lesbian, an older cousin was gay and one of my favourite aunts was a lesbian, although she hadn't told anyone yet, especially not her husband and kids.

So The Gay Talk never came up for me although I very clearly remember having The Sex Talk with my Mum when I was about seven years old.

She took a pre-emptive strike approach, talking me through the whole shebang in the hope that I'd have all the relevant information well before I needed it..........

[link to www.heraldsun.com.au]

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