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Originally Posted by Superflyer
The main thing that I cannot wrap my head around is how does someone who raised their child from birth just suddenly turn their back on them and tell them they are worthless in the blink of an eye. I could never turn my back on my kids, no matter what they did.
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I've mentioned before I have several LDS friends - and the biggest thing I hear from them is just the sheer amount of queer kids in their community getting kicked out of their homes as soon as they come out. The only official data point I've seen from the US is that about 1/3 of homeless youth identify as such, but in Utah, it's about 10 percentage points higher.
I've always found that to be appalling from anyone who claims to be family first.
Really glad you are there for them, as mentioned above, you've probably saved a life in a worse case, and at the minimum have enabled them to potentially have a future.