I have always wondered how it works out, the gay person's relationship with disapproving but otherwise loving parents. The relationship where things didn't go bad until the lifestyle became an issue. Or does that not happen? Are all disapproving parents of gay people selfish or abusive or cold brutes with no real desire for their child's best interest? Do children from close, loving, but uncompromisingly conservative backgrounds not turn out gay? Or do they stay in the closet to protect themselves from parental disapproval?

In a more general sense (meaning whether or not homosexuality is a factor), how does it work, the rebellion against parents who have been neither abusive nor indifferent?