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Title: Ask Matt: When a ‘Mother Figure’ Transitions
Post by: Shana A on April 09, 2012, 08:28:20 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 09, 2012, 08:28:20 AM
Ask Matt: When a 'Mother Figure' Transitions
April 9, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/04/09/ask-matt-when-a-mother-figure-transitions/ (http://tranifesto.com/2012/04/09/ask-matt-when-a-mother-figure-transitions/)
A reader writes: "I have been transitioning for six months, and am one month on hormones, so I have not had many physical changes yet. I am out to my husband, and he has been wonderful and supportive. I am out to my professors at my college, and to most of my friends.
"I am not, however, out to my family. I was raised in a very tense home where my mother was abusing drugs and my father was very emotionally abusive. That being said, it has been years since I left home and my father and I get along fairly well. My mother has not been active in the family since I was twelve. I am the oldest child, and also my father's only biological daughter out of six children. Because of my family situation, I took on the role of taking care of my brothers while my father worked. They all consider me 'Mom' and they still refer to me as such.
April 9, 2012 by Matt Kailey
http://tranifesto.com/2012/04/09/ask-matt-when-a-mother-figure-transitions/ (http://tranifesto.com/2012/04/09/ask-matt-when-a-mother-figure-transitions/)
A reader writes: "I have been transitioning for six months, and am one month on hormones, so I have not had many physical changes yet. I am out to my husband, and he has been wonderful and supportive. I am out to my professors at my college, and to most of my friends.
"I am not, however, out to my family. I was raised in a very tense home where my mother was abusing drugs and my father was very emotionally abusive. That being said, it has been years since I left home and my father and I get along fairly well. My mother has not been active in the family since I was twelve. I am the oldest child, and also my father's only biological daughter out of six children. Because of my family situation, I took on the role of taking care of my brothers while my father worked. They all consider me 'Mom' and they still refer to me as such.