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I think that coming out is a very serious issue for a lot of people. It's a life altering decision. It might be ok for some people because their parents love them and will accept them however they come, but for others it can be devastating when their parents reject them. I don't think this is something you can treat so trivially, like an April Fool's Joke. Not to mention that you could seriously ruin the trust between parent and child here. Would the parents ever believe that their kids were lying? Maybe they'll think that they decided to take it back since they got bad reactions. It would just be too cruel to the people involved to attempt something like this. Making a documentary on coming out is one thing, tricking everyone because it sounds like a novel idea it just not cool.

Seconded. It's a completelly obscene idea which may have disastrious consequenses for all parties involved. I'd stay clear of this mountain of insanity if I were you rather than risking completelly ruining several people's lives.

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It's not like my mother and I think that coming out is a not big deal. My mother is very strong hearted and she believes that all people need to be treated equally among society. It won't be like Punk'd, HELL NO, and it's not like I'm doing this for fun and games a popular cred. I wasn't making this into a big ha-ha joke either. I was just making it so I would make others seem interested in what I think and do. Do you all really find it offensive and destructive to allow one to confront parentals and inform them that they've made a life choice that is their own, in their blood? If something like this already aired, would you all really take offense? It might change the outlook on how some families treat people that aren't like them..along with others. Teenagers that are straight and idiotic might watch what they say.."Queer", "f**", "Oh, you're/that's so gay"..it might change something. That's why there's shows like "True Life" and, sometimes, shows like "Wife Swap".

Thanks for clearifying your point of view, but you seem to fail to see the main concern here. The people involved could end up in a really awkward position, so at least try and take some kind of precautions to avoid that happening, kay? It's pretty serious business after all.

I've come to a conclusion that people could be thrown out. ::shrugs:: Seems like a good idea otherwise, if that wasn't involved.

I think it is a good idea (seriously interesting), but obviously make the applicants aware of the potential risks. (Preferably get them to sign something so you don't get done!) It'd be a much bigger issue to some people than others, I expect most people would have a pretty good idea of how their parents would take it and wouldn't volunteer for it if they think they'll get disowned!

Maybe you could correlate it with research that just asks parents, hypothetically, what they'd do if their kids were gay, that would be pretty interesting.

The problem (other than ethics) would probably be sampling if you did that though. You'd have to find sets of parents that were similar to be able to make good comparisons... *is remembering her sociology*