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iam so sick of people acting like homosEXUAL IS OKAY!!!! HAVE YOU PEOPLE FORGETEN THE BIBLE VIRSE ITS AGAIST THE WORD OF GOD.& GOD CREATED ADAM&EVA NOT ADAM AND PAUL.IAM NOT AGAIST IT BUT ITS DISGASTING HEY TYRA IAM A BIG FAN OF YOUR SHOW & I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I WISH I COULD MEET YOU.BUT I KNOW THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT ONE DAY IT WILL BE POSSIBLE IAM FROM CAPE TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA LOVE YOU A LOOT
 
iam so sick of people acting like homosEXUAL IS OKAY!!!! HAVE YOU PEOPLE FORGETEN THE BIBLE VIRSE ITS AGAIST THE WORD OF GOD.& GOD CREATED ADAM&EVA NOT ADAM AND PAUL.IAM NOT AGAIST IT BUT ITS DISGASTING HEY TYRA IAM A BIG FAN OF YOUR SHOW & I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I WISH I COULD MEET YOU.BUT I KNOW THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT ONE DAY IT WILL BE POSSIBLE IAM FROM CAPE TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA LOVE YOU A LOOT
 
Hi Tyra, my name is Brittney and I'm a 16y/o lesbian.Its been hard for certain family members to accept the fact that I'm with a girl. Me and my dad never really got along but now since my gf started coming around and for a time was living with us it has got much much worse.He dont really know because anytime he ask I deny it because of the way he may react. Me and my gf Tiara has been together for a year and 2months. We both have personal problems and for awhile she was acting out and got in trouble also now living in a group home.We have been through so much and we both know for a fact that relationships have ups & down and we have had many ups & downs but we aren't letting go. Now my mom is saying that when she's around that I'm not her Brittney I'm a different Brittney. So she decided Tiara can't come over anymore. My point is when I watch your show nomatter what its about you send a great msg it could be about make-up but you send a great msg everytime. I want to thank you for that because you give me strenght to keep going on and over look what people have to say even if it is family. I just wish they could accept the person I decided to be along time ago. Thank you Tyra. Love, Brittney!!!
 
Hey tyra , I really wanted to say this, I'm 16 years old and me personally , I dont have anything agaisnt the gay community. What ever they choose to do is thier decision. I love everybody in this world (especially you) and god does to. My last thought is that you live and learn.
 
hey tyra...i just wanted to say something to all the people that dont like gays and bisexuals. it doesnt matter if someones is gay they are just like everybody else. i mean yea im straight but my brothers gay and when i meet someone that makes fun of him for the life style he chose it makes me mad. you can have your opions but just relize that when u do something to a gay or bi person out there ur not just hurting them your also hurting their family. and one day ur gonna regret it...thats all i wanted to write. love ya tyra cheryl
 
Tyra, you are such an inspiration to me and I'm sure alot of other gays, lesbians, and bi-sexuals. You have made a difference in the lives of all of us, and you're deep within our hearts. You have been working so hard for years to try to get us to be accepted, and you always make time out of your day to help us and give us advice. You always say how much you love the gays, and you're damn right when you say we love you back! Much love, Angel xx
 
I do support what Patrina Thompson-Harris said about the subject... those people find support from tv-shows and some communities and that what makes theme believe more in their selves being like that... and for the ones having biological problems like XXY and other exception, I wanna call for new couples watch out!! and make a check before having sex, to have "normal" babies..
 
hi tyra! i just watched ur show about gay teens at america... i was inspired MORE to live up happy in this world... by the way... am reden from the philippines... i am gay... and am so proud of it... i just wanna share to you and to the whole world my life being a gay... at age 9, i started feeling that am gay... but i hid it to my family. at age 12, it was obvious to them that am gay. luckily, they didn't care if am gay... and they just said "as long as u look decent and not doing anything bad, we will be proud of you" i was so touched with what they said so in return, i studied hard and make myself very versatile so that they could be proud of me more in almost everything... as of now, am a 2nd yr college student and believe it or not, i am a dean lister at our school of computers. I always focus myself to be on the top... not wanting things but NEEDING those things to be passed. in exams, i don't like to have only a passing grade but to have the highest grade. as of now tyra, alot of my friends are so inspired with me 'coz it is very rare here in the philippines to meet gays that are so versatile... because here in the phils., they only consider gays as fashion designers, haircutters and comedians... and because if that, i will push my self harder to be famous so if that time comes, i could enhance more that reputation of gays like me... i love you tyra! you are one of my inspirations... i hope that someday, i could hug you and share alot more stories about my life...
 
I am only 15 years old and im neither gay or bisexual. Yet, I am in a relationship with another girl. We have been together for almost ten months and she means the world to me. Yet neither one of our mothers want to support us. They are both so confusing. They don't mind if someone else is gay but because we are they're children they don't want to believe that our relationship is serious. My uncle was gay and he always told me not to be afraid of what other people think of you. Simply because it doesn't matter what they think just as long as you're happy. We want our mothers to know that we are both happy and that we don't want to hide from them. We want to be able to talk to them without them telling us that we are just going through a phase and that we are just confused. They say we are too young to be in a relationship like this. Our friends on the other hand are the best and they are the only ones we have to talk to. But it breaks our hearts that our parents just won't understand and its like they don't even try to. Her mom doesn't want her around me and she tries to have her avoid me as much as possible. But we don't let our parents try to come between us. I want nothing more than to have parents that support us. We can't change the way we feel about each other and it isn't just something that can change on a dime. We've both given our parents time because everyone has just said "give them time and they will get over it" and we thought that as long as we have been
 
im a lesbian and im so happy that you "Tyra Banks" have given some true info about the gay community. im sorry to here that some people are against gay marriges and all gays.im only 14 yrs old and it really hurts but i hope the people who say all these hurtful things know that this is why so many gay/lesbians go home and kill themselves all because you had to make an awful comment.so truly, its not the gays that will burn in hell,in fact its "YOU".
 
First off Patrina Thompson-Harris why did you have to post your narrow-minded bible beater comment three times?! God says you shouldn't judge people, why don't you try it sometime? I'm bisexual, and it really makes me upset that people say stuff like that, hate is wrong!!!
 
I am just so amazed at America today, we accept anything and please anyone for $$$ or whatever the case may be. I mean yeah some talk show hosts maynot condone or agree with all this gay & bisexual stuff but they sure dont have a problem exposing people on their shows and letting them spill out their feelings about how people view them and what others think of them........you know why they feel this way, because they already know its wrong and as long as they have support from stars and other important people, its seems to be ok and more people are quote unquote "coming out of the closet"! Im sorry, no, you know what Im not sorry for the people who are gay and the people who support it, it is a SIN and God hates it, why entertain it? And I really hate it for kids who grow up in a family with two females or males, I feel so sad for the child's soul............but one great day...........no matter how society has changed but that Bible has not changed and everyone must go through the Father...........Im not judgemental but you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears..........and I hope and pray that you gay people and the one's who support or believe in it have a great explanation, which I know there isnt one and for the people who are trying to make the gays feel good about their lives and its ok, maybe God will ask you why didnt you guide them to the Bible instead of telling them "oh its fine, its all over the world and blah blah blah." God is still the same God hundreds of thousands of years ago.........He is Alpha and Omega........need I say more. Im sorry but
 
I am just so amazed at America today, we accept anything and please anyone for $$$ or whatever the case may be. I mean yeah some talk show hosts maynot condone or agree with all this gay & bisexual stuff but they sure dont have a problem exposing people on their shows and letting them spill out their feelings about how people view them and what others think of them........you know why they feel this way, because they already know its wrong and as long as they have support from stars and other important people, its seems to be ok and more people are quote unquote "coming out of the closet"! Im sorry, no, you know what Im not sorry for the people who are gay and the people who support it, it is a SIN and God hates it, why entertain it? And I really hate it for kids who grow up in a family with two females or males, I feel so sad for the child's soul............but one great day...........no matter how society has changed but that Bible has not changed and everyone must go through the Father...........Im not judgemental but you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears..........and I hope and pray that you gay people and the one's who support or believe in it have a great explanation, which I know there isnt one and for the people who are trying to make the gays feel good about their lives and its ok, maybe God will ask you why didnt you guide them to the Bible instead of telling them "oh its fine, its all over the world and blah blah blah." God is still the same God hundreds of thousands of years ago.........He is Alpha and Omega........need I say more. Im sorry but
 
I am just so amazed at America today, we accept anything and please anyone for $$$ or whatever the case may be. I mean yeah some talk show hosts maynot condone or agree with all this gay & bisexual stuff but they sure dont have a problem exposing people on their shows and letting them spill out their feelings about how people view them and what others think of them........you know why they feel this way, because they already know its wrong and as long as they have support from stars and other important people, its seems to be ok and more people are quote unquote "coming out of the closet"! Im sorry, no, you know what Im not sorry for the people who are gay and the people who support it, it is a SIN and God hates it, why entertain it? And I really hate it for kids who grow up in a family with two females or males, I feel so sad for the child's soul............but one great day...........no matter how society has changed but that Bible has not changed and everyone must go through the Father...........Im not judgemental but you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears..........and I hope and pray that you gay people and the one's who support or believe in it have a great explanation, which I know there isnt one and for the people who are trying to make the gays feel good about their lives and its ok, maybe God will ask you why didnt you guide them to the Bible instead of telling them "oh its fine, its all over the world and blah blah blah." God is still the same God hundreds of thousands of years ago.........He is Alpha and Omega........need I say more. Im sorry but
 
Hi Tyra, I caught your show yesterday. It was a true inspiration to me in my time of need. You see, I am about to be forced to make it on my own in the next month due to my parents no longer wishing for me to be around them, my father has already cut me off and my mother is waiting until I get my diploma. Being an 18 year old guy in the country town of Red Oak, Texas has not been easy. I have faced alot of challenges and people being afriad of me because I am different from them. Now another challenge I face is moving out with nothing all on my own. My dad has made threats to me telling me that as long as I live he will not let me be happy. He has even threatened the life of my boyfriend. My mother still loves me and I am currently living at her house for now, but she has made it very clear to me that after I have my high school diploma, which I should be reciving in less than a month, I must either "change" or move out. I have always felt an attraction towards other guys since I was little. I was in denial with it and struggling because my parents were pushing me to believe that God does not love homosexuals. I have personally found God to be understanding. I look to him for inspiration and guidance, and all I am doing now is praying that he will help me find the resources to make it in the world. Now I wrote you because I saw on the show that there are organizations out there to help teens like me. I was wondering if there is a place I



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