Parents Talking 

FFLAG, Family and Friends of Lesbian and Gays in the UK, has produced this very helpful video for parents who learn that their child is gay.

In the prologue the distinguished actor Sir Ian McKellan speaks of his regret that by the time he came out as a gay man it was too late to tell his mother and father. He urges that anyone facing this dilemma should contact and talk with people who are there to offer support and advice.

The main part of the video consists of parents facing the camera and talking freely about their own situation and the impact upon them when they were first told the news by a son or daughter. Without exception they speak of their gratitude at being able to discuss their experience with others in the fflag network who have been down the same road before them, They tell of the relief at being able to share worries about questions such as ‘Was it my fault?’ and to discuss ways of answering friends who ask, ‘Is he or she still not married?’

With one voice they speak of their pride in their gay children. The sadness came from hearing from one young woman who had not spoken to her family since ‘coming out’. The loud and clear message from fflag is that you are not alone, get help, and talk to other parents.

Parent’s Talking is availabe from fflag  p.o.box 153 Manchester M60 1LP

£6 or £10 for organizations (includes p&p)

fflag have a website at www.fflag.fsnet.co.uk