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What would go through your mind? Would you be supportive of your child's gender identity? My friend's 28 year-old sister just came out as a FTM (female-to-male) transsexual and is undergoing gender reassignment therapy and hormone replacement.
Her parents are devastated. I feel horrible for them.
I would too. I think I'd be very sad, not because of the gender reassignment, but because they had to suffer not being able to be who they are for so long. It must be very difficult, to have to deal with that along with everything else that life throws you while you're growing up.
Gender, and all that it implies, is nowhere near as black and white as people think for a lot of people. It's a very tricky biological mechanism, that is not always as obvious on the inside as it is on the outside.
I would hope that for all the difficulty they might have making the transition, that they finally find some peace.
anytime a parent has to change "their" goals and hopes for their child it is hard and it takes times to adjust. never becoming a grandparent, quitting school, the list goes on and on. being gay or being transgendered is probably hardest of all, especially for parents who have a hard time with the subget to begin with.
a parents love should be unconditional, talk it out, adjust to the new situation and move on with loving your child like before
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