My daughter used to identify as a lesbian. In her late 20s, she proclaimed to me, her mom, that she hated men and hated testosterone after playing on a co-ed soccer game. A year later, she decided to indentify as a man and has been taking large doses of testosterone. She had her breasts removed despite me not supporting these decisions. …
My daughter used to identify as a lesbian. In her late 20s, she proclaimed to me, her mom, that she hated men and hated testosterone after playing on a co-ed soccer game. A year later, she decided to indentify as a man and has been taking large doses of testosterone. She had her breasts removed despite me not supporting these decisions. I was the only one who questioned her, so she cut off conversation with me. I also wanted the root cause of her distress addressed, which also meant I needed to be cut out of any discussion. I was only allowed to have a relationship if I went along with compelled speech and celebrated her surgery. Yes, she was very self-centered all the way along her "transition" pathway to present herself as a man. We had been very close before she declared she was a man, and I had fully accepted her as a lesbian.
Then she changed her name and sex on her birth certificate without my permission or consent. All these decisions have been devastating to me. But the trans narrative demonizes me and celebrates the trans-identifying person. My daughter's decisions once she got into the "trans" movement have had a wide and deep ripple effect in my family in a shattering way. It is hard to see why anyone these days keeps thinking that the "trans" movement and medicalization conveyor belt is a positve direction for individuals or families.
My daughter used to identify as a lesbian. In her late 20s, she proclaimed to me, her mom, that she hated men and hated testosterone after playing on a co-ed soccer game. A year later, she decided to indentify as a man and has been taking large doses of testosterone. She had her breasts removed despite me not supporting these decisions. I was the only one who questioned her, so she cut off conversation with me. I also wanted the root cause of her distress addressed, which also meant I needed to be cut out of any discussion. I was only allowed to have a relationship if I went along with compelled speech and celebrated her surgery. Yes, she was very self-centered all the way along her "transition" pathway to present herself as a man. We had been very close before she declared she was a man, and I had fully accepted her as a lesbian.
Then she changed her name and sex on her birth certificate without my permission or consent. All these decisions have been devastating to me. But the trans narrative demonizes me and celebrates the trans-identifying person. My daughter's decisions once she got into the "trans" movement have had a wide and deep ripple effect in my family in a shattering way. It is hard to see why anyone these days keeps thinking that the "trans" movement and medicalization conveyor belt is a positve direction for individuals or families.