Op-Ed
A transgender story: My daughter, my son
When Sarah became Finn, her parents began their own journey.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-paul-trangendered-child-20121007,0,3214612,full.storyBy Ann Whitford Paul
October 7, 2012
Sarah, once my daughter, is now Finn, a member of the transgender community. Those are hard words to write.
I want to love the man my daughter has become, but floundering in the torrent of her change and my resistance to it, I fear I'll never make it across my river of anger and sorrow.
I think about Sarah growing up, how she always acted with courage and fortitude. In junior high she studied Russian because it was "a challenge." In high school she proved she wasn't too small to play water polo goalie.
In college she announced she was gay. I hoped her lesbianism might be a passing phase, but instead Sarah began to dress in male clothes and bind her breasts. On her Facebook page, she announced she'd changed her name to Finn.
