r/TransParents

I'm not a parent but I am a trans person who has parents.

I'm 23 years old. I come from a large Catholic family (nine kids); I am the third oldest. My family is very well-off, and my dad just finished paying for my education as I have graduated. My parents and I are not on speaking terms. They say they love and support me, but only use my name and pronouns in front of me – and that was a battle itself. They will not hesitate to tell me that I am disordered and misguided. They said that they don't care what "a few doctors" told me. This coming from my mom (who I love very much) who doesn't vaccinate her kids because of mom-bloggers.

I already was misguided though. I was the rainbow sheep of

My mom especially, actively goes out of her way to uninvite or forget to tell me about family gatherings because she’s uncomfortable with my situation. Girl it’s been 4 years I can’t hide from them forever! How should I approach this situation? I could just include myself I’m an adult, but my mom says if I ever do she will remove her self from the situation.

My 18 year old came out to me yesterday morning as Trans. It was a bit of a shock, in some ways, and not so much in others. He wants to start transitioning as soon as possible so I set up an appointment with our family doctor for him to go in and start the process of at least talking to professionals about it all. He isn't ready to come out to anyone else but I think it's a huge relief that at least I know, and he can start introducing me to his real self...her real self. We did discuss pronouns and he is not comfortable using the feminine forms yet.

I have to admit I am terrified and have spent a huuuuuge amount of the last 24 hours reading everything I can on gender dysphoria and the

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My son (26) said he was a boy/supposed to be a boy/going to grow up to be a boy before he was three years old. I did not mess with his head, talk him into believing he was born in the wrong body, or do him emotional damage by not trying to talk him out of it.

And I certainly did not think that him figuring out he’s trans was something for me to “handle“, any more than him being born with curly hair and brown eyes. WTF??

Long time lurker, 1st time poster, on mobile, etc

So today my daughter and I were waiting for an appointment, and I heard the desk guy go tell the doctor that there were two ladies out front waiting for their appointment! My daughter has been on hrt for only about two months, so to get gendered correctly for the first time was an amazing feeling for her, and the joy on her face just put me over the moon with happiness.

My child is trans. Technically, gender non-binary and pansexual. They changed their name to a more neutral name and prefer they/them pronouns but is biologically female. They are 16 and have some fairly profound (but mostly under control for now) mental health issues.

Recently, they have made friends with a trans child who is biologically male and 100% not out (still presents as male) due to family issues. At our house we refer to her by her preferred names and pronouns. My kid and this kid have become very close and my child swears up and down that there’s nothing romantic between them but my spidey sense says there may be, even if nothing has been acted on. The issue is, my kid keeps ask

Hey guys! I have a 12 year old who came out recently as transgender. "Taylor" was assigned female at birth, but now purports as a boy and goes by "Tyler". (names changed, but you get the picture). I can't say it was a big shock. There were definitely a lot of signs a long the way, so I was half expecting it when we had the conversation a few weeks ago where he came out. He already had the name picked out (which coincidentally was the one I had picked out back when I was pregnant but my husband vetoed it, so haha, I win!). We went shopping for a new wardrobe, and redecorated his room. It was pretty fun going to the mall with a kid who previously hated shopping for clothes (now I know why...)

Hello,

I am sitting here typing this out on my phone before I go to sleep for the night, but I desperately need some guidance or just to hear from someone that has been in this spot. My child was born a girl but has always gravitated toward everything stereotypically male. From the time he could walk and talk, he has strongly rejected anything "girly" and has told us that he wants to be a boy. At first, we tried to teach him that he was a girl with a vagina, but that it was perfectly OK to like whatever he likes and bought him nothing but superhero toys and skipped all of the barbies.

He is 4.5 years old now, and I overheard him whispering to his older sister asking her to call him a boy

My daughter is trans (male to female). She came out to her dad, brother, and I around two years ago. We immediately got her into counseling to help her navigate how she wanted to handle this. But she was comfortable enough as a boy and didn't transition in high school. She went away to college, joined an LGBT club, and a trans support group. She ended up transitioning there at school. I'm super proud of her being so brave to do what her heart told her to do. She told all of our family over Thanksgiving and it went pretty well. Even with my ultra religious parents. She changed her name over spring break. Now she's home for the summer and it's the first time I've been around her for an exten

My kid is 5 (AMAB) and strongly expresses himself as female. He would is starting school next year and has indicated he would like to wear the girls uniform.

We have followed his lead up until this point and will continue to if this is what he wants. I don’t know what the future holds for my child but I do know that I want to make the best decisions for him along his journey, whatever that might be.

If you could turn back time to when your child was 5 and starting school, what would you do differently or what would you do again to make sure you kid was happiest and safest?

Just an introduction: mom of 3, 1 cis boy, 1 trans boy (recently came out), 1 non-binary person (came out almost a year ago). Recently divorced, trying to find/build our tribe. "Whoever you are and wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome here." -UCC

My father is gay, I’ve been working with the lgbt community in many ways since my father came out in 12 years ago. I like to think im the best possible parent to come out to. Im just not really seeing the build up to this revelation that I’ve seen other trans kids show. He’s always rejected anything feminine, never cared for his appearance, never once in his life did he do anything that has me looking back now and seeing that it was there all along. I told him he has to test this out at home and see if he really wants to do this, like wear girls clothes, paint toenails, try makeup. Am I a horrible mom thinking this an out of left field fluke? Does anyone else have kids come out as trans with

A little background info: I'm a trans man myself and my husband and I have two kids. Our 4yo daughter has never yet questioned her gender identity. But our son has been saying "I'm a girl" for almost half a year now. (I'm going to use he/him pronouns because it's what I'm used to and he hasn't asked us to say she/her) We always say that it's alright with us, either way. And that he can be a girl if he wants to. He doesn't really want to do girls thing over boy things and doesn't mind wearing boy or girl clothes.

We told this at our daycare were he goes 3 days a week. They were pretty unsure how to approach this and I think they don't really know what best to do. So I was wondering if anyon