She vulnerable in transition, me powerless to stop it. I wanted to say the right thing, to show. When a child comes out as transgender, parents are faced with various feelings and decisions.
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I could grieve for the son i was losing while preparing myself. Only weeks after i began transitioning gender to present as a woman, my son had walked in on me as i applied a patch to my thigh. Living as a man was killing me, but i feared transitioning would harm my son’s chances at growing into a man. My first job (and this is my job with any adolescent i’m working with) is to get a full medical, developmental, and social history from the kid and the parents.