Recently, the program “Encontro com Fátima Bernardes” debated the decision of the federal judge of the 14th Court of the DF, Waldemar Cláudio de Carvalho, who granted an injunction, setting a precedent for psychologists to carry out “gay healing” sessions. Among the attraction's guests, Maurício Gentil, Fernanda Gentil's father, spoke about the process of accepting the presenter's sexual orientation, who came out as a lesbian in 2016 and announced a relationship with journalist Priscila Montandon. “My story with this situation was not one of instant acceptance. I went through a process, for a while, because I have been going through a process since Fernanda and Felipe were born, which is learning to be a father,” he said. “And I've learned, through various events in my life, that one of the arts of being a parent is not putting our truth into their world, but accepting their truth into ours,” he added. Gentil continued saying that he asked his daughter for “time” to “digest” the news. “I asked Fernanda to wait a little, I wanted to go through a process of digesting the situation. It wouldn't be hypocritical to say: 'My daughter, huh. I always wanted to', but it happened and in my learning I added one more point: 'I'm going to learn to be a father today, tomorrow and always'”.
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Fernanda Gentil’s father says he went through an “acceptance process” about his daughter’s sexuality
