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Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

I know gay parents, and I support them and their families. They are good parents and loving families.

I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.

My parents are kind and accepting. Because so many of my friends were gay, it was just an accepted thing in my house. I was very lucky.

My mother and father could not handle even me being gay. We never talked about it, really.

Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy.

I have a gay cousin who came out to my parents before he came out to his own. So I benefited from having a very open, supportive family, and I want to pass that on.

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.