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Way to go!! I'm glad things worked out for you ^-^ I still have yet to come out to my biological family as a gray-asexual panromantic transwoman for... Really, a vast multitude or reasons. Mostly because I've heard them talk about people like me very negatively...
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Thank you! How negatively do they talk? Sometimes people says things without thinking, and aren't hateful, but just ignorant. Maybe you could educate them =) I don't know how your family is though, so I wouldn't be able to know how they are. Now - I'm incredibly sorry if this sounds offensive, but when you say transwoman, do you mean you're a woman in a male body or a man in a female body?
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Edited by Isa: 10/1/2013 10:45:03 AMIt's just I've heard my parents and older sister make fun of the very concept of transgendered people, and really anyone who isn't straight.. They're very Catholic and believe that people shouldn't be allowed to act on anything outside of the romantic or gender norm. (They also insist that anyone who significantly disagrees with them on doctrine cannot be called Catholic as well). I'm already ridiculed as it is for being the only agnostic in the family. I only have one family member who I know has at least tried to understand people like me. As for your question on the definition of transwoman, no offense taken. In fact, I'm glad that you're asking instead of assuming something incorrectly. I'm a woman in a male body (though I plan to change that in time) ^-^
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[quote]It's just I've heard my parents and older sister make fun of the very concept of transgendered people, and really anyone who isn't straight.. They're very Catholic and believe that people shouldn't be allowed to act on anything outside of the romantic or gender norm.[/quote] That does sound like a hard situation. I don't really have any experience in coming out, since I've only come out to my mom, so I'm not in a position to give you any good advice. But I wish you the best of luck! I really hope that when (if) you decide it's time, everything will go well.
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Well, I finally did it! On the Tuesday before the Thanksgiving holiday, I wrote my parents a very carefully put together letter about how I believe that I am transgender. Their response? Not great, but I suppose that it could have been worse. Essentially, they do not think that I have any kind of conclusive grounds for believing that this is who I am. As such, they are refusing to allow any steps to be made toward any transition while I live in their house, and moreover, my dad, who is a psychiatrist, feels that all other practitioners will be too afraid of political correctness to challenge or offer any opposition to this "issue". To go beyond that, they do not want me exploring this notion that I am not the gender I was assigned at birth because it could shatter my younger siblings' sense of a stable environment if they see their brother start being more of a sister. That is possibly the only reason I'm obeying them and not taking much action, even though I feel that my siblings need to learn that there is more to life than meets the eye. Oh well though, I suppose. A little over half a year, and I'll be a legal adult. I'll in all likelihood be going to college for art, and while I'm there, I won't have to heed their whims. Of course, it feels a little like I came out of the proverbial closet just to get shoved back in and reevaluate everything, but I'm no stranger to waiting games. I'll survive, although I must admit, it's taking a toll on my happiness and my ability to keep my grades up.
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Too bad about them not being that accepting, but good that it won't last for long, I guess... I feel like if your dad is a psychiatrist, shouldn't he know better? I hope it will all turn out good. Be strong!