Not Being Out on Your Own: Research on the Needs and Experiences of Parents of LGBTQI+ Children and Young People

This report has been prepared by Quality Matters. The research has been delivered in the context of a needs/gap analysis conducted in 2021 by Költő and colleagues (Költő et al., 2021), with regard to the LGBTI+ Youth Strategy 2018-2020. The research centres the experience of parents and carers in order to identify what can facilitate parental support or present barriers to parental support for LGBTQI+ children and young people. The report focuses on the time when children come out to their parents. It seeks to understand the experiences of parents and carers during that time, what they need and what might improve that experience for them and their child.