19 Terribly Interesting Tips On Raising A Trans Kid (From A Trans Kid)
Posted bytranslabyrinth
on April 13, 2012
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Jezebel's got a story of a 10 year old transgirl named Jackie (formerly Jack). Jackie's parents ended up earning a 10 out of 10 for supportiveness (not to mention extra fluffy cushions on their sofa in Heaven) for their role in helping Jackie transition at the age of 10. Of course, by pop culture standards that makes her, like, 30, but better late than never, right? Truly though, it's touching to see something that once had to be silently swept under the carpet become fair fodder for the day-to-day news. If there's one thing I learned from the GaGa going GuyGuy the other night, it's that whether or not her on-stage gender flip was another tired pop star trope, it's really the repetition of things like this that helps society's medicine go down. And there's nothing 24 hour news stations do better than repeat things incessantly. Can I get a high five?
All this got me thinking about my now blank-firing genitals. See, before I started pumping concentrated Woman down my veins (that's W on the periodic table of elements. Yes, I know someone told you it was Tungsten, but people lie to you, get over it), I had this thing called fertility. And during that dark, boobless chapter of my life, I had my baby bullets frozen. Now, I could sell these as cocktail ice at a gay male orgy, or I could put 'em in a lady. And how would I react if my spawnlings turned out to be trans? I wandered around my home for awhile today, looking back on my childhood, what I would have wanted, and remembered what I've learned about love and support from GF, friends and family. Thus, this list.