YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU! Hi peoples. I am working on a piece for USA Today on traditionally religious parents whose children come out. (And yes, I hate the phrase “traditionally religious” as much as you do, so feel free to suggest something a) better and b) two words long.) Basically it will be advice: how to show your love for your child, maintain your faith in God, reconcile if you’ve said something really horrible or become estranged… stuff like that. For this piece, I’d really love to speak with people who have been on either side of that exchange–parents or children. (Or siblings? If you have a story or something to share, that would be helpful too.) Although the piece is written from a Catholic perspective–you guys know my deal–I am just as interested in speaking with gay people or their parents who no longer practice their faith due (in significant part) to their experience of family and sexual orientation.

Practicalities: I plan to have this thing to my editor by 5 pm Friday. It’s very unlikely that I will incorporate everyone I speak with into the piece. I can definitely quote you anonymously/pseudonymously if you want.

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THANK YOU. Please feel free to link/quote this on your own blogs if you think it might be useful, though please do note my time constraint, so that people will know when it is too late to respond.