Prince William is 'nervous about' his kids coming out as gay

Prince William said he would worry if his child came out as gay because of the pressure and persecution they might face.

Prince William, who is third in the line of succession to the British throne, worries about the harassment and “barriers” his child would face as a gay man or woman, according to BBC.

"I wish we lived in a world where it's really normal and cool, but particularly for my family, and the position that we are in, that's the bit I am nervous about," the prince told a crowd at the Albert Kennedy Trust on Wednesday. The trust is a charity that supports impoverished LGBT youth.

"How many barriers you know, hateful words, persecution, all that and discrimination that might come, that's the bit that really troubles me," Prince William said.

Prince William’s forthright answer is a departure from the more obscure answers he has given in the past. Prior to the event, the father of three had tactfully avoided answering questions about the possibility of raising a gay child.

"That's for all of us to try and help correct and make sure we can put that to the past and not come back to that sort of stuff," Prince William said, alluding the royal family’s own activism for the LGBT community.

Queen Elizabeth II pledged to fight to protect the LGBT community from discrimination in a 2017 address to Parliament. The speech was the first time the queen had mentioned LGBT rights explicitly since 2003.

A year earlier, Prince William became the first member of the royal family to appear on the cover of a publication devoted to the LGBT community. The British magazine Attitude met Prince William at Kensington Palace with a group of nine victims of homophobic bullying.

"No one should be bullied for their sexuality or any other reason and no one should have to put up with the kind of hate that these young people have endured in their lives," Prince William said in a statement after the meeting.

Source: Washingtonexaminer.com

Powered by NewsAPI.org

Keywords:

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • Anxiety • Coming out • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • Coming out • Persecution • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • Succession to the British throne • Sexual harassment • Gay • BBC • Albert Kennedy Trust • LGBT • Persecution • Discrimination • The Troubles • William III of England • William III of England • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • LGBT community • Elizabeth II • LGBT community • Discrimination • Parliament of the United Kingdom • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • LGBT community • United Kingdom • Magazine • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge • Kensington Palace • Gay bashing • Human sexuality • Reason • Hate speech • Prince William, Duke of Cambridge •