Surprising but not also

[Larisa]

Okay so a few days ago a member of my favorite band korn made a post supporting transgender people on his page. I liked it and than the next day, I woke up to see that my mom had somehow heard of what he wrote and I saw she put a like on his post on facebook. Well so this made me feel happy but I did not say anything to her. She saw me later that day and brought it up that she read it. She was very supportive of what he had said.

She even went as far to say she wanted to show it to someone we know who is VERY anti-trans and gay and maybe get him to listen but that sadly this person is so closeminded that it is hopeless.

This was a HUGE sign again that my mom is accepting although I already knew that of both my parents.

[KathyLauren]

Yay!  Nothing better than supportive family.

[Juliefin]

So are you trans then? Judging by the post your parents don't know? If you think they might be accepting which is evident in your story, I would just tell them!

[Larisa]

Yes I am. My parents have suspected that I am too. Both of them have asked me a few times if I wanted to be a girl for example. It was never a worry how my parents would react, it was others.

There are a few people on my dad's side who are against transgender and gay people, one who is still alive. My sisters husbands side are VERY against it and so ya for me, it would be awful. There is one other person who would just try to destroy me if he knew which I know my mom would never allow him to see me if he knew. So ya it was never my parents but others I feared.

[Juliefin]

You can't live in a way that defeats who you are while trying to please others. Take it from me. I lost my fiancee in the process of transitioning and I've never been happier. I realized I used every excuse in the book not to transition including using relationships as a crutch to avoid feeling like myself.