Parents.

[sophieb]

I told my father in July. I am in my forties and he is in his mid 70's. I expected him to not accept it. He surprised me and while I know he is disappointed, he fully supports me. I sent him a copy of TRUE SELVES but he hasn't read it yet..

[Lacey Lynne]

I told my father in July. I am in my forties and he is in his mid 70's. I expected him to not accept it. He surprised me and while I know he is disappointed, he fully supports me. I sent him a copy of TRUE SELVES but he hasn't read it yet..

Excellent!  Best book to give anybody in the family.  Hope it works out for you and him.   

[Lee]

I lucked into having two very loving, accepting parents.  They made it clear to my brother and I from a young age that if we ended up being gay that it would be fine, so it was a non-issue when I came out to them as being bi.  However, that was them accepting me as a bi woman.  I know that neither of them have much experience with trans people in their lives, and I am afraid that they might see it as an attention grab or phase rather than my true feelings.  I know that they will support me in my decision, but I do get the feeling that they may look down on it.  I very much love and respect my parents, and I am not sure if I am ready to do anything to destroy the image of their little girl just yet.

[Rock_chick]

It's on going at the moment...neither of the them really understand it, so I'm a way of them accepting me for me, however the do understand that this was not a decision taken lightly and they both now that i need to go through this. They're still not really coping with my new name and feminine pronouns, but my dad alternates between referring to me as his son and his daughter. we all know that this is going to take time for all of us so i have hope in the long run.