• Parent Guides
    • LGBQ Parent Guide
      • LGBQ Parent Guide
        • Risks for Your Child
        • The Journey for Parents
        • The Stages of Coming Out
        • Myths That Stigmatize LGBTQ People
      • Helping Your Child
        • Parent Actions That Help
        • Parent Actions That Hurt
        • Tips for Supporting Your Child
        • Coming Out as a Parent of LGBTQ
      • Challenges Ahead
        • Managing Emotions
        • Telling Others
        • Relationships and Dating
        • Issues of Faith
        • Tough Questions
    • Transgender Parent Guide
      • Transgender Parent Guide
        • Risks for Your Child
        • The Journey for Parents of Transgender
        • The Stages of Coming Out
        • Myths that Stigmatize Transgender People
        • Understanding Transitioning
        • Terms to Understand
      • Helping your child
        • Parent Actions that Help
        • Parent Actions that Hurt
        • Tips for Supporting Your Child
        • Coming Out as the Parent of a Transgender Child
      • Challenges Ahead
        • Managing Emotions
        • Telling Others
        • Relationships and Dating
        • Issues of Faith
        • Tough Questions
        • Valuable Resources
  • Hopeful Voices
    • Support & Advocacy
    • Faith-Based Organizations
    • Family Stories
    • Share Your Story
  • Resources
    • Our Blog
    • Articles & News
    • Books
    • Audio
    • Video
    • A Working Vocabulary
    • Discussion Forum
    • National Parents Coming Out Day – Oct 12
  • Coming Out
    • Coming Out to Your Parents
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Our Board
    • Our Story
    • Press
    • Contact
    • Donate
  • Make a Donation
  • English
    • Español
MENUMENU
  • Parent Guides
    • LGBQ Parent Guide
      • LGBQ Parent Guide
        • Risks for Your Child
        • The Journey for Parents
        • The Stages of Coming Out
        • Myths That Stigmatize LGBTQ People
      • Helping Your Child
        • Parent Actions That Help
        • Parent Actions That Hurt
        • Tips for Supporting Your Child
        • Coming Out as a Parent of LGBTQ
      • Challenges Ahead
        • Managing Emotions
        • Telling Others
        • Relationships and Dating
        • Issues of Faith
        • Tough Questions
    • Transgender Parent Guide
      • Transgender Parent Guide
        • Risks for Your Child
        • The Journey for Parents of Transgender
        • The Stages of Coming Out
        • Myths that Stigmatize Transgender People
        • Understanding Transitioning
        • Terms to Understand
      • Helping your child
        • Parent Actions that Help
        • Parent Actions that Hurt
        • Tips for Supporting Your Child
        • Coming Out as the Parent of a Transgender Child
      • Challenges Ahead
        • Managing Emotions
        • Telling Others
        • Relationships and Dating
        • Issues of Faith
        • Tough Questions
        • Valuable Resources
  • Hopeful Voices
    • Support & Advocacy
    • Faith-Based Organizations
    • Family Stories
    • Share Your Story
  • Resources
    • Our Blog
    • Articles & News
    • Books
    • Audio
    • Video
    • A Working Vocabulary
    • Discussion Forum
    • National Parents Coming Out Day - Oct 12
  • Coming Out
    • Coming Out to Your Parents
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Our Board
    • Our Story
    • Press
    • Contact
    • Donate
  • Make a Donation
Donate
  • Homepage
  • Resources
  • Blog

Blog

03.01.2018 • Blog

An anonymous letter from a struggling mama

"I still think that I maybe at some point I must have done something wrong. Perhaps it would have made a difference if I had painted her room pink or had her watch more Disney princesses."

View Resource
06.08.2017 • Blog

What Do I Do? Making Choices in Uncharted Territory

After a child comes out, some questions have one solid, certain, no-question-about-it answer.

View Resource
10.09.2021 • Blog

Testimony from a non-binary teen

If you are a parent whose child just came out, you may be struggling or wondering how to respond. We are parents too and want to help you through this crossroads. Coming out is a process that takes time, both for the LGBTQ person and their families.

View Resource
11.06.2021 • Blog

Why You Should Speak Up for LGBTQ People (and How to Do It)

Many parents of LGBTQ children feel an overwhelming sense of fear for their kids’ safety. Fear of the challenges they face at school, in the workplace, and in the community. While that fear is completely understandable, your child is counting on you to help make their world less scary.

View Resource
12.07.2021 • Blog

How to enjoy the holidays with your LGBTQ child

Let’s face it, this isn’t the “most wonderful time of the year” for a lot of LGBTQ people and their families. Holidays can be a joyful and beautiful time of family togetherness, but if you’re a parent struggling with the news that your child is LGBTQ, this season can be overwhelming.

View Resource
01.24.2023 • Blog

What Should I Do When My Child Doesn’t Want to Talk? A Three-Part Series

Navigating the terrain of communication with your child is a process that can evolve as they grow and develop. Parents often struggle to adapt to the ever-changing needs of their child. Strategies that have worked well in the past may not work as well in the present.

View Resource
06.04.2018 • Blog

Hard News: LGBTQ People Feel Increased Discrimination

In recent months my lesbian daughter has commented she felt this growing counterflow to acceptance...I was hoping it wasn't true, but it appears it is.

View Resource
01.07.2022 • Blog

5 New Year’s Resolutions for a Strong Family

There’s something exciting and inspiring about the beginning of a new year, full of possibilities. It gives us a great opportunity to do a reset and evaluate how things are going. We’re sharing these 5 New Year’s resolutions that will make your family stronger than ever.

View Resource
07.12.2019 • Blog

For Parents During Pride Month

Can Pride Month remind parents of ways to show pride in their own child?

View Resource
02.11.2022 • Blog

Meeting your LGBTQ child’s significant other

If your child recently came out as LGBTQ, the idea of them dating might make you pretty uncomfortable. Actually meeting your child’s significant other may make you feel nervous and awkward. We offer tips that may be helpful.

View Resource
11.21.2022 • Blog

My Way: Finding Acceptance and Love after Years of Denial

From his childhood as a scared kid who suppressed his identity to being a happily-married gay man decades later, SFA board member Scott Collen openly and honestly shares his story as an encouraging message to other LGBTQ+ people: it will get better!

View Resource
03.05.2022 • Blog

Accepting Your LGBTQ Child Could Save Their Life

At Strong Family Alliance our overarching mission has always been to save lives and preserve families. More research comes out all the time to support what we hear over and over again from youth and their loved ones: family acceptance of LGBTQ children is the best way to keep them safe.

View Resource
09.30.2022 • Blog

National Parents Coming Out Day: From One Parent to Another

Show support on October 12th, National Parents Coming Out Day. Held the day after National Coming Out Day on October 11th, it’s a day when parents and allies can come out in support of LGBTQ+ children. 

View Resource
04.04.2022 • Blog

4 Supportive Questions to Ask Your Trans Child

In this article we’ll cover some of the basics about what it means to be transgender, provide some concrete examples, discuss some of the challenges parents face when their child comes out as trans, and provide specific questions that can help navigate the process in a respectful and loving way.

View Resource
02.11.2020 • Blog

A Valentine for Your LGBTQ Child: Move Beyond “I Love you”

Help your child believe in and build a strong new life. The understanding, communication and support you give helps them dream new dreams.

View Resource
06.08.2022 • Blog

3 Ways to Show Pride for Your Child This Month

June is Pride Month, which often makes people think about bright, colorful parades and dancing in the streets. If that's not really your cup of tea, don't worry. There are many other ways to support your LGBTQ child.

View Resource
02.06.2019 • Blog

Teen Dating: Should I tell another parent my child is LGBTQ?

You may not be able to change another parent's mind, but you can model respect and acceptance, for both kids. And your child will be watching every step of the way.

View Resource
10.25.2022 • Blog

Struggle and Triumph

In today’s blog, an SFA board member shares her personal experience with parenting a gay child and how she discovers that, contrary to popular belief, there is a place in the church for LGBTQ+ Christians.

View Resource
09.27.2019 • Blog

Parents and Coming Out of the ‘Second Closet’

Going beyond ‘I love you” means more than love and affection. It means getting in the trenches and trying to help others grow in acceptance and understanding.

View Resource
08.18.2022 • Blog

4 Rights Your Child Has at School That You May Not Know About

The recent flood of anti-LGBTQ policy in states all over the U.S., specifically the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida, might have you and your child worried about going back to school. You’re not alone, we’re worried too about what they might face and what the future holds.

View Resource
11.05.2019 • Blog

How to Have a More Meaningful Holiday

Bring your LGBTQ loved ones home, bring their friends as well, and start building new memories around family and holidays.

View Resource
10.04.2019 • Articles & NewsBlog

Understanding builds over time

Research finds it takes around 2 years for parents to find it less difficult to accept their LGBTQ child.

View Resource
06.06.2017 • Blog

Why This Website?

We hope this website can reach every community and any parent searching online in a sleepless night.

View Resource
12.21.2022 • Blog

The Club of Worried Parents

SFA board member and mom of three reflects on the extra-heavy burden of worry that parents of LGBTQ+ children unfairly have to carry, and the beauty that is often born from that struggle.

View Resource
06.07.2017 • Blog

It’s Hard

My journey was one revelation after another about thoughts and beliefs I never questioned before.

View Resource
• Blog

Leading with Love for a Child Coming Out

To avoid rejection takes a far more difficult goal – changing actions and eventually minds.

View Resource
09.24.2021 • Blog

Coming out at school

If your child recently came out to you as LGBTQ, you may be wondering who else they told and how they’re dealing with the coming out process. For students who are newly out, going back to school can be an intimidating and confusing time and they’ll need your love and support more than ever.

View Resource
Provided By

Strong Family Alliance is a non-profit organization focused on supporting parents of children in the LGBTQ+ community. Strong Family Alliance gives parents accurate information, insights, ways to keep their child safe and healthy, and encouragement to lead with love and solve problems over time.

Copyright © 2017 Strong Family Alliance. All rights reserved.

Strong Family Alliance is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

  • Parent Guides
  • Hopeful Voices
  • Support & Resources
  • Coming Out
  • About
  • Donate
  • Press
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
Follow Us
Keep in touch

Copyright © 2017 Strong Family Alliance. All rights reserved.

Strong Family Alliance is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.