Becoming the Parent of a Transgender Child

[traci_k]

Becoming the Parent of a Transgender Child

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlize-veritas/becoming-a-transgender-pa_b_9082832.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post
Charlize Veritas
01/27/2016 06:36 pm ET

"I don't know how to ask this, but um," my friend said to me.

"Just ask," I interrupted.

"Well, my boss is in a strange place and I was wondering if you could talk to him. He just found out this his little girl, er boy, er well, he found out that one of his children is transgender. You're the only person I know that's Trans and just by knowing you, it's helped me a lot, so I just thought maybe you could talk to him."
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Thank goodness for another uplifting story maybe giving a glimmer of hope for the future. Wish things could have been this open and parents this understanding when I was a child. Unfortunately you don't want to find out because your child attempted the unthinkable, but still a happy ending.

[suzifrommd]

I do wish the question were framed that way more often. Parents' first impulse is to ask the question, "should I let my son/daughter be a girl/boy." Instead, they should ask the question, "do I want to find my child's suicide note." Trans kids would get a lot better treatment.