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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
My Annual Thanksgiving Coming-Out Poem
Posted in Observations, tagged coming out, family, holidays, LGBT, sexual orientation, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Ask Matt: Being the Best Mom of a Trans Man
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged family, identity, trans men, transition on September 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »
A reader writes: “A dear friend of mine who was one of the first people I came out to e-mailed to say that her daughter of twenty-seven years has just come out to her as transgender. She was asking me for tips on how to be the best mom of a trans man. Through some [...]
Ask Matt: Can a Trans Man Adopt a Child?
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged being trans, discrimination, family, legal on August 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A reader writes: “I am wondering if there are any other transgender people who have started and/or gone through the process of adopting a child ‘post’ transition (gender marker, name change, etc.), and if so, were you successful in adopting? What were the challenges? (I know about the standard background checks.) “I am specifically looking [...]
Ask Matt: My Father ‘Corrects’ His Correctness
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged family, gender expression, pronouns, transition on July 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A reader writes: “My family has been extremely supportive of my transition. My one-year-on-T day is coming up this month, and I have definitely changed. So here is my issue. My father stated months ago that he would not call me ‘he’ until my grown children call me ‘Dad.’ Well, I never expect them to [...]
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: My Sister Changed Her Mind About My Transition
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Commentary, Observations, tagged family, health care, hormones, transition on June 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
A reader writes: “Since I announced to my friends and family that I intend to start hormones next month, my sister, who had been the most supportive of anyone in my family thus far, started to freak out a bit at the fact that I’m not following the WPATH Standards of Care by waiting at [...]
Ask Matt Monday: My Mom Changed Her Mind About My Transition
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Observations, tagged family, transition on June 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A reader writes: “My mother was quite supportive when I first came out to her as trans, telling me that she loved me unconditionally and wants me to be happy. Since then, however, she’s been nothing but negative about my transition, especially since I’ve started T (less than a month ago). I tell her that [...]
Ask Matt: Mom Says, ‘Don’t Go Stealth!’
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged assimilation, being out, family, gender expression, hormones, testosterone, transition on June 16, 2011 | 15 Comments »
A reader writes: “I’m a sixteen-year-old trans guy and I’ve been out to my immediate family for one year now. I’ve had many conversations with my mom about someday going stealth. She is extremely against it and says it’s deceitful – that it would be lying to people. She says I would be letting people [...]
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Controversy Compounded: Lesbian Couple Raising Transgender Child
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged family, gender identity, homophobia, LGBT, sexual orientation, transphobia on October 20, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Could we not anticipate the brouhaha? Even when a “nice,” “normal,” “perfectly acceptable” heterosexual couple recognizes that their child is trans and decides to takes steps to make the child’s life as comfortable as possible as soon as possible, they are blasted by all manner of folk who really need to be worried about their [...]
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