In some stories when a parent learns their child is queer, they often times aren't very accepting. Maybe they will be in denial, maybe they asked/force them to conformed to "normalcy", or worst case reject them. Pride Parents, however, are parents who are accepting of their child being queer.
Often times they are already aware that their child are queer and didn't say anything because they wanted them to come out on their own terms.
Even if a parent is at first uncomfortable with their child coming out, they quickly turn around. Most often realizing nothing really changed with their child and that they still love them.
Can be used to show a parent has more depth. The child may think their parents are distant or that they don't really care about them. But the fact they accept them for who they are show that they do care.
Not unheard of of one parent being ok with their queer child while the other isn't.
Overlap with Open-Minded Parent. Contrast with Delayed Family Acceptance.
Examples:
- Played With with Lily and her father Takeo from Zombie Land Saga. Lily is a transgender girl and identify as one at a young age even when she was alive. She had a great relationship with her father and he didn't seem all that bothered by the way she dressed. However, he seems very ignorant on Lily's concerns of her going through puberty and he does use her dead name of Go sometimes.
- A Mistaken for Gay example in The Righteous Gemstones. When Gideon attempts to come clean to his father about being part of the blackmail scheme with Scotty, Jesse assumes he actually coming out as gay or later on bi. Jesse even mentioned how at first he tried to deny it but that it didn't matter and that he still loves Gideon. Amber herself follows suit when she mistakes Gideon's sexuality while saying she still loves him.
- Big Mouth:
- The fourth season introduced Natalie who is a transgender girl. When she tells her coming out story to Jessi, she mentions how her parents were kind of hesitant to accept. Though they came around after her mom started listening to Lady Gaga. It also turns out that Natalie has a sister name Nada who is openly a lesbian and there seems to be no issue in her parents.
- In another fourth season example, Matthew decides to come out to his parents as gay when his mom sees his sex text from his then boyfriend Aiden. While his mother becomes more distant despite the too being so close before hand, his father readily accepts him and in fact already knew he was gay.
- The Owl House: In "Thanks to Them", Luz makes a slide show video for her mother to show not only is she bisexual, but that she is dating Amity. Camila is nothing but happy for Luz and hugs her and Amity. Later on she is shown wearing a pride pin and her room is littered with self help books on how to better understand having a LGBTQ child.
