It took a long time and I lot of learning to understand on my part, but we now have a great relationship. In fact, I couldn t be prouder of him. What is it that changed? How did I learn to deal with it? Learn What you Need to Know to Accept your Gay Son! The simple fact of the matter is that I learned that I had a lot to learn! When my son first sat down with me and explained to me that he is gay, I reacted first in disbelief and then in anger. There was a lot of pain. I ll be honest-this is not how I had planned for his life to go and my first instinct was to try to change him or convince him he was mistaken. Over the course of the next few months I realized I had a lot of learning to do. That has always been how I have tackled a problem in the past and it finally oc...