I'm going to try to educate my parents

[Ryan1995]

I've decided that I'm going to at least try to educate my parents about what it means to be transgender and the community and how I feel. In the past when I tried to talk to my parents about me being trans it didn't go well. It usually ended in a screaming match. I'm going to get all my information together and make some powerpoints about whatever I think they need to know to understand me better and show them some youtube videos of other transguys that are transitioning. I'm extremely nervous because they are very religious and they usually interrupt me when I try talking to them to quote some bible verses or what they think about me transitioning according to their God and their religion. If anybody knows of some books about transguys that are good to read, any forums for Christian parents who have a transgender child, or documentaries that would be great. I'm hoping if all goes well then maybe I could start hrt or therapy next year. Money has been kind of tight so I'm looking for some online therapists. I'm just sick of looking into the mirror and not being able to recognize who's staring back at me. My mom is thinking of pulling me out of school to homeschool me sometime during the next semester. Things seem to be getting better slowly over time.

[DriftingCrow]

I've decided that I'm going to at least try to educate my parents about what it means to be transgender and the community and how I feel. In the past when I tried to talk to my parents about me being trans it didn't go well.  If anybody knows of some books about transguys that are good to read, any forums for Christian parents who have a transgender child, or documentaries that would be great.

This isn't a book about transguys or for parents of trans people, but if your parents seem to have trouble respecting you enough to allow you to talk about your feelings without screaming Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families might be good for them to read. Habit 5 might be especially helpful "Seek First to Understand... Then to be Understood." (I swear, it's actually a really good book... now if only my family would read something more substantial than the Bargain Buyer I'd be all set).

I saw a great documentary on trans people that was on youtube, but I can't find it or remember the name of it... If I remember the name, I'll post it. I think it'd be good for you, because one of the guys in the documentary had a mother who wasn't supportive at all due to her religious convictions but then changed her mind when they thought he might have cancer. Now she's supportive of him; it's one of those nice happy ending stories. (Has anyone else here seen it?)