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Other trans people in your family?

Started by mythy, June 10, 2014, 05:30:55 PM

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Misato

#20
June 21, 2014, 10:26:18 PM
My father.

I've learned recently they envy me in that I've been able to come so far and that envy, is their fuel for our estrangement.
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Amy The Bookworm

#21
June 22, 2014, 07:45:51 AM
Quote from: Misato on June 21, 2014, 10:26:18 PM
My father.

I've learned recently they envy me in that I've been able to come so far and that envy, is their fuel for our estrangement.

That's so sad and unfair in a way I don't think I can describe, Misato. :(

No one in my family to my knowledge is LGBT aside for a gay uncle on my birth mother's side of the family who died when I was very young, and some very distant gay relative on my step grandmother's side of the family. No transgender people in my family except for me. However I've been lucky compared to many I've heard about in that everyone (even the people who don't get it) in my family so far has been extremely supportive.
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ZoeM

#22
June 22, 2014, 08:43:15 AM
Nobody directly that I know of. There's a couple relations and family friends who've had trans* friends, though. I think at this point I'm the one introducing everyone I know to the concept.
Don't lose who you are along the path to who you want to be.








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Misato

#23
June 22, 2014, 09:41:50 AM
Quote from: Amy The Bookworm on June 22, 2014, 07:45:51 AM
That's so sad and unfair in a way I don't think I can describe, Misato. :(

I'll give my father the respect of using gender natural pronouns. But my life is largely better without the mean nasty ugly attitude they bring to everything. I do feel that pull of, "But, they're my father," but it passes quickly.

As for the fact they haven't found their home on the gender spetrum yet and envying me... That speaks to a greater problem in their approach to life and the mean nasty ugly attitude they've got. Should they learn trust, things would get a lot better for them.
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mythy

#24
June 25, 2014, 05:32:29 PM
wow! thanks to everyone who replied so far! It's great to hear all of your stories. :)
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ryanjoseph

#25
June 25, 2014, 06:34:42 PM
i'm the only one. i'm also the only non-straight person in my family too (that i know of...)





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Kyler

#26
June 25, 2014, 06:46:24 PM
Not many men on my mom's side are traditionally masculine but none of them are trans. I do have one cousin who is very supportive and outspoken about trans rights, maybe because he knows someone who is trans, idk.
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Incarlina

#27
June 30, 2014, 07:12:09 AM
This is outside the family, but a couple of days ago I met a friend I hadn't seen in over a year. Since the last time we met he had gone from femme tomboy to slightly effeminate boy (and somehow 5 years younger). He has recently started therapy, and is trying to figure out if he's ftm or non-binary. It was nice to see how much his confidence had grown after coming out, and I guess now I know how people's perception of me changed when I first gained confidence :)
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Christine Eryn

#28
June 30, 2014, 01:49:16 PM
Nobody at all in my family including cousins, aunts, etc. In fact, they are hard headed, resistant to anything out of the ordinary, and are quite homophobic actually. Each and every one of them would ->-bleeped-<- themselves if they even saw me wearing my earrings. I can't wait for the day to see the look on their faces after I've completed my FFS. At that point, they either accept me or will be dead to me forever.
"There was a sculptor, and he found this stone, a special stone. He dragged it home and he worked on it for months, until he finally finished. When he was ready he showed it to his friends and they said he had created a great statue. And the sculptor said he hadn't created anything, the statue was always there, he just cleared away the small peices." Rambo III
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janetcgtv

#29
June 30, 2014, 07:48:30 PM
As far as I know no one else is trans in my family, although  I have a gay cousin (from my father's twin brother). Ever since I known them, they were loyal to each other and if they got married when they first met. They would be married for 53 years. He passed away 6 years ago. NOT AIDS related. something about irritable bowel syndrome.
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janetcgtv

#30
June 30, 2014, 07:56:45 PM
Christine:
You have a right to your own life. Please give it a try after they notice your FFS. If they don't want to deal with you in a positive way. Then kick them to the curb. If they later than accept you then be on good terms with them. There is no one in this world worth living in Hell for.
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Avinia

#31
July 01, 2014, 12:24:23 AM
Hmm... Well, my youngest brother(actually my nephew but my parents are adopting him) acts very much like a girl, so I think my parents think he is gay.. then again he is still way to young to tell.

Recently, like just in the last 6 months to a year, I found out that at least 2 of my cousin came out as lesbians, but I don't think I have ever met them(half of my dad's side of the family moved to the other side of the country like 10 years ago). I am also pretty sure that one of the cousins that lives about 2 hours away from me is going to come out as lesbian or trans at some point.

Also just from overhearing my parents talking, I know they suspect a few other cousins of being gay or lesbian.
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Gina Taylor

#32
July 03, 2014, 06:43:29 AM
I'm the only one. But I do I think that I had a gay relative.
Gina Marie Taylor  8)
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