Over the last thirty years, many researchers and practitioners have focused on the experience of sexual minorities youth, particularly in regard to the disclosure of their sexual orientation and its implications for their physical and mental health. However, few studies have explored the perspective of parents of a gay or lesbian child. The main objective of this article is to review the state of knowledge about the unique experience of these parents, in terms of the diversity of their reactions to the coming out of their child’s homosexuality and the emergence of their new parental and spousal identity. This is part of an effort to gain an understanding and a critical analysis of this phenomenon, in addition to documenting the psychosocial and community practices developed for those parents.