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Episode 104, how do I Support My LGBTQ Daughter? One of my favorite things about this podcast is that we talk about things that might not necessarily affect your own child, but it creates awareness for your community and how you can deal with things.

But there's a lot of people grappling with this about how to support a child who comes out as being gay.

Yeah.

Now, this is something that is part of family life for a lot of families.

And it's something that you want to do a really good job with as a parent.

It's such an important issue to talk about because even if your child isn't going through it, like I said, it really helps to know what other parents are dealing with and what works to support other families.

So this is a letter we got, Lisa, it says, my amazing 13-year-old girl confided in me that she's by, maybe lesbian, and has a crush on a girl.

I told her that, of course, I support her 100% no matter what,

and that I'm so glad she felt comfortable enough to tell me. She does not want to tell her father

or anyone else in the family yet. She's not as close to her dad as she is with me, though I'm

completely confident he will be equally supportive. However, this is new territory for me,

and I'm finding myself

at a loss as I navigate things like talking to her about sex and making rules for sleepovers.

For example, she's always loved having sleepovers with her girlfriends, and now I'm not sure

if this changes anything. How do I talk to her about sex if I know little about same-sex relationships or sexual intercourse?

We also live in a rural, somewhat conservative community.

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