family acceptance
Relatives welcoming you
Family acceptance is the embrace and support of a family member's identity, choices, or circumstances—especially when those might once have caused rejection.
The term appears most often in discussions of LGBTQ youth, where family acceptance correlates strongly with mental health outcomes: Family acceptance can be lifesaving for queer teenagers.
It extends to other contexts where families must come to terms with unexpected realities: After initial shock, family acceptance of her career change came gradually.
- allyshipActive support for marginalized
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
- coming outRevealing one's identity
- heart to heartCandid intimate discussion
- homeOne's personal residence
dinner table · trust · forgiveness · identity · belonging · empathy · bonding · self-esteem · emotional security · empowerment · reassurance · pronouns · understanding · closeness · listening · gender expression · unconditional love · love is love
- rainbow familiesrainbow families, same-sex parents, two dads, two moms, same-sex marriage
- LGBTQ+ rightsgay rights, equal rights, lesbian rights, transgender rights, LGBTQ+ rights
- Catholic sexualitycelibacy, chastity, sexual ethics, church teaching, natural law
- LGBTQ+ healthHIV, AIDS, HIV/AIDS, HIV prevention, HIV testing