A reader writes: “I am the grandmother of a young man (age 18) who is undergoing sexual confusion (his words) and is now discussing becoming a female. I am totally supportive of whatever decision he makes but don’t know how best to show him my support. I just want to understand what he is going [...]
Posts Tagged ‘coming out’
Ask Matt: A Concerned Grandmother, a Transgender Grandchild
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged coming out, family, gender expression, gender identity, trans women, transition on December 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Ask Matt: My Mom is Pulling Away from Me
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged coming out, family, gender, gender roles, relationships, transition on November 28, 2011 | 21 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am 17 and transitioning and I wanted to ask you about parents. When I was younger, as often happens, my mum thought I would tell her anything and everything. She thought she was my best friend. “Since I came out to her (more than a year later than I did to [...]
My Annual Thanksgiving Coming-Out Poem
Posted in Observations, tagged coming out, family, holidays, LGBT, sexual orientation, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If you’ve been reading my blog for over a year, you can probably skip this entry. Tradition (and my desire to take a vacation myself) dictates that, every Thanksgiving, I publish my Thanksgiving coming-out poem, so my faithful long-time readers have seen this before (maybe twice before!). For the rest of you – join the [...]
Ask Matt: Outing Yourself for the Comfort of Others
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged assimilation, being out, being trans, coming out, trans men, trans women, transphobia on October 24, 2011 | 10 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a 22-year-old trans guy just starting to feel my transition is mostly behind me. I’ve been perceived as male 100 percent of the time for maybe six months now, and I am semi-stealth. I had a strange experience the other day that raised a lot of questions for me about openness, [...]
Ask Matt: Different Venues, Different Genders
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged coming out, gender, gender expression, restrooms, transition on September 12, 2011 | 10 Comments »
A reader writes: “I identify as a transgender man, and I want to move toward living as my true self – as a man – full time and in all situations. This movement is complicated by my choice not to have surgery or hormones – because of risk and expense, because I was on psychiatric [...]
Ask Matt: Coming Out When People Don’t Have a Clue
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged books, coming out, transition, transphobia, transsexual on August 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have a hard time coming out as trans to people. I would rather be called by female pronouns and the wrong name than deal with the awkwardness of the conversation and all of the explanations I’m afraid I’m going to have to make. “Part of the problem is that I have [...]
Ask Matt: The ‘It’ Word
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged coming out, community, gender identity, identity, language, pronouns on August 4, 2011 | 13 Comments »
A reader writes: “I came out as FTM to my friends about two years ago. Most of them took it well and started addressing me as male. The problem is that I live in small town, and my community of friends is made up of people from many surrounding small towns. Sometimes new people join [...]
Ask Matt: Coming Out on a ‘Family’ Vacation
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged being out, bodies, coming out, family, gender expectations, transition on June 30, 2011 | 10 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m going on vacation for a week at my friend’s place this August. She knows about my situation (20-year-old transman, pre-everything-I-plan-to-do), and she’s supportive. We’re going to stay at her father’s place, and her grandmother is going be there, too. “There lies the issue: Neither of them knows about me yet, so [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Leaving My Family to Transition
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged coming out, family, transition on June 27, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have one year until I am 18. I am going to have to leave my family then, both for TS reasons and emotional ones. I have two questions: One, I love my family, and am wondering how to go about leaving. And two, should I transition or wait? “I know the [...]
Ask Matt Monday: Redirecting the Conversation
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged being out, coming out, community, family, privacy, transition on June 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A reader writes: “As someone who is beginning my physical transition from female to male, I’ve experienced a long buildup in terms of coming out to friends and family, figuring out where my support will come from, explaining my process and answering questions. “Although my transition is important to me and a huge part of [...]
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