Emancipation - Is it right for me?

[JGarabrant]

Hello everyone, I am new here to this site, so please go easy on me...

I am a very unique kid, there are many like me.

I'm a 16 year old *still* questioning my gender, and I have a very un-supportive family. My *biological* parents got divorced, and I have a new family, being separated from my original family. Also, we recently lost a loved one in the family, so it's just me and my sister left in the family... However, I am afraid that I won't live up to their expectations, transitioning to become a young woman.

I've been questioning my gender ever since I was 12, and couldn't stop thinking sense then (about my gender.)

That being said, I would like to be become emancipated. I understand all the entails of emancipation, but I don't want to be wrong - I have a tendency to think about a lot of things, for a long time *but also switching my mind the next day* - and I really would love to get away from my family.

*More information and background on me*

When I think about who I am I always seem to think of myself as a woman but I don't have any woman's clothes, nor a job to buy myself clothes. I recently talked to my counselor about transitioning, he's on board, but I have a lot of problems at home. I really want to express myself, but how can I do that in the house without woman's clothing?

In summary, I can conclude I am a girl inside, but have no way of expressing myself. Bound by family, religion, and society, I can't go much of anywhere, so I am desperate at this point, for a transition, and emancipation.

[KitYan94]

Hi JGarabrant! 

If you have the financial ressource to emancipate, then do it but first you have to know how to do it and how will you live after emancipation.
If your parents could support you financialy, that would be great but I don't think they would for what you told us : "they're not supportive at all", if you told them about the transition, they would probably kick you out of the house.
I don't know how emancipation work in your country, but they have to give you money or not
If not why not wait until you're 18 years old, you'll be truly independant to do your transition. If you're still stuck with your parents (like me because I don't have the financial ressource), you'll wait until you have enough money.

[Ms Grace]

Hi!

Welcome to Susan's    Great to have you here - looking forward to seeing you around the forum.

I can't speak to the issue of emancipation as I know nothing about the legal situation in your jurisdiction. I expect it would probably involve social workers and counsellors and a need to show just cause. But again, I have no idea. You would also need to consider how you would support yourself and also be able to afford transitions (some aspects are not cheap). First step is probably speaking to a counsellor and seeing where it goes from there.

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