The same thing happened to me, sort of. She also said I "can't" be a boy. I'm like, not "allowed" to. It's really irritating. My mom also said that God doesn't make mistakes, and that I'm supposed to be a girl...
I'm trans and questioning my sexuality. For a long time I thought I was a gay man, but sometimes I'm attracted to women. I think I might be bi, but still, being bi and transitioning to male doesn't make sense to most people. I hear a lot of people say that gay boys are girls in men's bodies, but they're stupid. They don't understand. Being feminine doesn't make someone a girl... and not all gay men are feminine.
If your mom isn't going to listen, it's not worth trying to shove it down her throat. You're going to have to do what I'm doing now... I had to wait until I was 18 to start the process. Because of that it's been 6 months and nothing has happened. Both my parents wonder why I want my breasts removed. The keep saying they're small enough for me to pass. But see, I want to be able to have someone touch my chest and not say, "OMG, boobs?" You know? I want to be able to take my shirt off-- or rather, wear thinner shirts. I'm tired of triple layering my clothes. If I don't later, my chest shows even though I'm only an A cup.
As for friends, well, I hang out with queers. Then their parents don't mind, because they had to accept their kid was queer before they ran into me. Some straight friends will have parents who get it, but even if their parents don't get it, you can still socialize with them at school/college or whatever.
Posted on: July 25, 2008, 05:25:08 PM
Quote from: Jörgen on July 25, 2008, 07:14:41 PMGrr.
Today (or should I say yesterday, as it's now 1am here) was really bad.
Went clothes shopping. I wanted some ordinary sleeveless shirts (preferably with some pattern), what you call them, school shirts? Lol.
So I went in all my usual shops and suddenly as I tried each one on, I noticed- I hated them! They're all cut to fit a woman's form and make the hips, breasts, etc. stand out.
So I said to mum: I'm going to go the Men's section from now on. (Instead of shopping at stupid places like Debenhams again OR buying Unisex clothes)
She said: What was the point of me taking you here then?
Blah, blah, nothing is ever good enough for me. She'd wanted to buy me some sports-bras or something because she thinks they work better than binders apparently. Like hell they do, they only have 6% Lycra in them!
So basically the time I came out to her a couple of months ago was a waste of time because she said "God knows why you want all this crap". 
In the end, I bought a stripy shirt because it was on Sale and I can't resist a bargain, but it's too... tight, (not that I'm large, I just hate tight clothes) so I'm taking it back to the shop tomorrow and going on holiday with clothes that are like ten years old, because I have nothing else that I like or that fits that doesn't cost hundreds and hundreds of pounds.
Plus, currently, I have no binder and I can't seem to make a D.I.Y. binder either and today I got called "a lady" and I feel like wearing a paper bag over my head. God, I feel lousy!
Rant over. 
Meh. I'm an A too and I won't bind because I don't want to compromise my surgery. Binding can damage the breast tissue and make surgery more... well, difficult.
You should get a job (you're 18, right?) and go on your own time to the men's department. It's what I'd do if my parents weren't supportive (except I'm lucky because they are and my dad and step mom looked at guy's clothes with me...)
As for being called a lady, I got all sorts of that today. The biggest one was, "You his daughter?" Then we were talking about construction helmets. I liked how one of the girls had a pink one. Everyone apparently thought that was really girly of me. I wasn't saying I wanted one, I was saying it was cute on
her.
