So..
I came out to my parents through a letter, like everybody has said to do, so they can have theier own private reactions and I could get down all of my thoughts. But it didnt turn out like I had hoped. My parents felt they had to let me know all of their reactions, but they were there to assure me that "we are not trying to make you feel guilty but..." Some statement how I was the only one they tried for since my dad always wanted a little girl. Or how its a trend socially how everyone is saying theyre are queer just to be cool. Or how my mom went through thimking she was a guy since she liked trucks and 'boy things' and I tried to explain that it ran deeper than that, how I felt when I look down im not expecting my body, but a masculine one. Then they asked me if I was insecure in my body couldnt say yes or I would be pegged that I was insecure in a female body and was trying to find a stronger identity to identify with. So I was told I was going through a phase and told icould be brought to a councellor, I said yes hoping to get a professional to back me up. Two months later no councellor.
So coming out to a couple of friends, my best friend at the time, now my boyfriend whom im insanely inlove with. Well one of my friends thought it would be fun to tell my homophobic friends to see if she could get a rise out of them. Well im happy im out of school now after getting verbally harrassed daily, one time getting my entire lunch table to agree that, me hoping to transition into manhood is the equivalent to me wanting to become a rocket, just because I think im a rocket and look like im a rocket doesnt mean I am one and ill beeffective as a rocket or should be accepted as one. Needless to say, my friend is the only one acceptive of me, and im terrified to come out to his homophobic family.
Hopefully youre doing better than me.
-Damian <3