If you mention their actual sex, that will "make things weird." Not weird at all that you need everyone you meet to LIE about their sex.
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"He’s a fine young man and he’s forgiven me for getting that Disney Princess bike when he was 6." Wow. What a sexist throwback this parent is.
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oh yes the cult. Compulsion to obey under threat of losing loved ones. Nice.
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I was 21 when I started my transition. It took my parents a few years to embrace the new name and pronoun and I gave them the time and space they needed to come to acceptance on their own terms.
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I have great compassion for today's parents who are trying to deal with this minefield of a topic. The fact that the state is getting more and more involved isn't helping.
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"Don't refer to the girl as a girl! It would be too weird!"
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“I’m not exposing my kind d to hurtful words and ideas” - seems that horse has already bolted.
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Been in that situation, and “affirming” parents had no problem cutting off the child’s contact with aunts/uncles and grandparents who were likely to question, without even a discussion about what was happening.
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The kid killed themselves this year, even with “affirming” parents and beginning medical transition. The funeral featured nothing about the child prior to transgender decision in order to “affirm their true self”
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How awful. So sorry if this affected you/your family personally.
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