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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • Many parents sincerely believe that being transgender is purely a choice and that there are no transgender people simply people who believe that they are trans because they work themselves up.

    As such, parents believe that conversion therapy is the option to stop kids from being trans and so they can have a ‘normal life’ with their grandkids.

    The Christian faith is also a strong force in perpetuating this. Since the Bible tenuously condemns transgender people, many Christians believe that being trans is similar to being addicted to alcohol and not inherent to a person. A chemical dependency on something that can be solved through therapy and hard work.

    This is the thing I’m fighting my dad over and it might ruin our relationship. Science shows that gender identity is an inherent part of a person. I can trace aspects of my gender identity back to the third grade. I’m now 24


  • This sort of thing can give so much confidence to a trans person who needs it. I needed it for a long time. I still need it. I haven’t socially transitioned yet, but I’ve taken a lot of steps to do so. I have a mental checklist of people who are going to accept me and who are not, because I’m scared of losing all my relationships. Every single relationship that I can be confident in drops my stress level. Every step that somebody can bring me into is one less step that I have to face alone. Gender transition is one of the most difficult things that people do socially. It’s not necessarily for the faint of heart, but oftentimes that’s exactly who has to do it. I struggle with being who I want to be and being confident in that basically everyday.