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and,209–15; HIV, helping family distance to avoid,103,121–22,217,
launch gay son and,212–14; man- 228
aging stigma as family affair and, Confrontations,21; parents, children
214–15; parent-child interactions, and distressful,77–79;see also Com-
gifts, growth and,209; race, ethnicity ing out
and,227–30; reaching for positives Conversion/reparative therapies,144–45,
and,209–10;see also Treatment 147,175
Closeness: fathers and,117–20; mothers Corrigan, P. W.,22,96,229
and,8–12; parent-child interaction Counseling: “curing” homosexuality
and,26–27,174 with religion, prayer and,144–45;
Clothing: masculine,19,162;see also youth, precoming-out subphase and
Tomboys individual,59–62;see also Clinical
Cocaine,158 implications; Treatment
Cognitive behavioral therapy,60;see also Counselors,59–62,128;see also Therapists
Treatment Counterfeit secrecy,8
Coming out, ix,63–79; to African Courtesy stigma,22,82,94–97,160,
American parents,217–21; akin to 205–8; siblings and,243–45
volcano eruption,183–84; bisexuality Cousins, Norman,81
as gateway sexual orientation with, Craigslist,248
64,146–47,231–35; confrontation Cross-case analysis,250–51
in distress and,77–79; in distress, Cross-gendered behavior,19,76,148,
64–65; ethnicity influencing,217–22, 159–63,240–43
224,226–27; family-adjustment pro- Cultural taboos, homosexuality and,
cess within, xv; family discovery and 28–30,224,225
youth,49–80; fathers and,70–72; Curve,46
fear and,70; gay porn and,72–75; Cypher, Julie,146
intense relationships and,2,17–19,
76–77; not wanting to hide and, Data, xv–xvi; acceptance of children’s
65–68; parents confronting children sexual maturity,3; analysis of,250–52;
about,72–79; precoming-out sub- collection of,249–50; ethnicity influ-
phase of,49–63; risky behavior and, encing coming-out process,226–27;
75–76; suicide attempts and,3,68–70, fathers’ relationships with children,
85,110,148,194; traditional thinking 12–13; grounded theory and,249–50;
about parents and, xiv–xv,147; to homosexuality and public views,
white parents,220–21 5; narrative methods and,249–50;
Condoms,93,204–5,212 parents’ suspicions of children,17;
Confidants: family recovery and support primary research questions and,
of trusted,139–42; parents as,58 249–50; whites and ethnic groups
Conflict: boys, fathers and,36–39; fam- with incarceration and stress-related
ily sensitization, distance and,31–39; illness,216–17; whites and ethnic
family therapy, hope and,177–79; groups with poverty and unemploy-
parent-child,31–36; relationship ment,216–17
changes in family discovery and, Dating, youth uninterested in opposite-
99–101; religious,184,252; taking sex,17–18
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