In the past I came out to my mom as transgender, but it's another thing to tell her you're going to do something about it. Suddenly she can't sleep, is very concerned, like I told her I wanted to kill myself or something, so how can I soften the blow more here, get her to understand that first, I'm sure, and second that it will be an improvement long term even though there will be short term discomfort... I'm sure I'll have to do this for my sister, who will think it's her fault for dressing me up when I was young, as if I didn't jump at that chance, and my step father, who probably won't give much of a ->-bleeped-<- other than he won't want to live with a "->-bleeped-<-" or some slightly right wing misunderstanding like that.
