Beyond Ourselves: The Children of Transsexuals

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Beyond Ourselves: The Children of Transsexuals
TS-SI
By Sharon Gaughan     
April 27, 2010


http://ts-si.org/looking-glass/23294-beyond-ourselves-the-children-of-transsexuals


Whoever we were and whatever we did before transition, the tasks we now face go beyond the bromides of I can get on with my life and I can just be who I am or These days, I can just be.

Children are out there asking questions that press against heart and conscience: And who are you, really? and What about us? These are issues that have already reached the family dinner table.

Many of us today raise children; in time, there will be even more families where one or both parents have a transsexual history.