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When Your Family Won’t Use Your Child’s Name or Pronouns

October 18, 2022 justplainbethLeave a comment

My son Leo came out as transgender at the age of eighteen-and-a-half. For all those years, my brain and mouth associated one name and set of pronouns with my child. I used that name and set of pronouns dozens and dozens of times a day. Then suddenly, overnight, I had to change to a new… Continue reading When Your Family Won’t Use Your Child’s Name or Pronouns

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When You Struggle With Your Child’s Name

January 29, 2020April 16, 2021 justplainbeth2 Comments

One of the first things I did as a newly pregnant mama was to think about the names I wanted to consider for my baby. I was pacing back and forth in the bathroom of my parent’s condo, waiting to see if the First Response test would show one line or two. When you are… Continue reading When You Struggle With Your Child’s Name

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supporting parents of transgender children

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When Your Family Won’t Use Your Child’s Name or Pronouns

When You Struggle With Your Child’s Name