Consistency was important when it came to parental support of gay and lesbian people, a researcher reported. In a survey of 175 gay and lesbian adults, those who reported consistent positive support from their parents had the lowest levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, according to Matthew Verdun, of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. But individuals whose parents were consistently negative when it came to their sexual orientation didn't experience significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression, Verdun explained at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) virtual annual meeting. Interestingly, gay and lesbian adults whose parents flip-flopped with support -- vacillating from negative to positive support regarding their child's sexual orientation -- experienced significantly greater symptoms of anxiety and depression than those with consistently positive or consistently negative parents.