Hello gay people in my phone. My child (16) sort of came out as trans to me today. I have been here for the memes for a while, and ive long been a supporter of gay and trans rights.

Do yall have any recommendations of resources for parents of trans kids? I want to help and support them correctly and to the best of my abilities.

Looking for maybe books and communities? Thank you.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    CIS guys don’t talk to each other like “hey I’m CIS!”

    There’s no reason to make it anything more than that. I was trying to be kind and considerate. I didn’t have the answers that he was looking for. I wanted him to know that there’s other guys here like him.

    If you start the conversation and tell me you aren’t a typical CIS man, I’d respond that I was a typical CIS man. Does that help you understand?

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      4 months ago

      Exactly, which is why I’m confused why you started off saying you’re straight. Clearly you said it for a reason, but it doesn’t seem relevant to anything, so I don’t know the reason. My best guess was that you meant it like “hey, I’m not trans either so I’m empathizing with you here” which is why I asked if you meant cis, because the opposite of trans is cis, not straight.

      To clarify, I’m not attacking, I’m just trying to figure out what you meant.