I Have A Trans Kid. I Thought I Knew What It Would Be Like To Parent Him — But I Was Wrong.
Huff PostEmilija Manevska via Getty Images Last year, I wrote the story of my son, Rachel, coming out as trans. “See boy, hear girl name.” I’ve vetted every activity or camp for Rachel since 2021 — part of the mama bear instinct that emerged when I learned the hard way that not every person or situation was kind to trans kids. Rachel said that he had looked around the room and “decided that it was a safe place.” “So, I raised my hand and said, ‘I’m trans, too!’” As so often happens with parents, we react differently on the outside than we feel on the inside. On the outside, I just smiled and said, “Sounds good.” We found a place to put it on my cross bag, and Rachel adjusted the bag so that the trans pin was front and center. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND!” It was telling school administrators, teachers, family and friends about Rachel’s new pronouns and giving lectures about things we had learned about being trans.
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