karenlyra69: “What are they thinking? There must be something wrong with them. Why do they wan
karenlyra69: “What are they thinking? There must be something wrong with them. Why do they want to dress as someone of the opposite sex? It’s not normal!“. That was my dad one day a couple of years ago when we were at the doctor waiting for his medical appointment and he realized the woman at the cover of the magazine he picked from the table was a transgender model as it was briefly described there. She was Carmen Carrera, I had recognized her immediately even before reading her name below her photo. My father didn’t know at all who she was but was really upset. “Why did this magazine make that choice for their cover? This is so wrong!”, he insisted. I kept myself in silence admiring the beautiful Carmen Carrera. It was a great photo in which she looked so confident and gorgeous. I know my dad’s position against transgender people and the LGBT community in general and although I am not yet planning to tell him I am transgender, I didn’t want to let the opportunity pass without expressing my opinion. “I don’t think there is something wrong with people like her. I think there is something wrong with us in the society when we are not open to understand that there are people that think and feel different from what we have been considering as standard and they are not hurting anybody by trying to be happy living their lives as they feel.” I was speaking for me but he didn’t know. He was clearly not expecting that from me although he considers me as a very open minded person. “Son, you are confused as so many people of your generation is now but I am not.”, he said and put the magazine back on the table as his name was called from the doctor’s room. He got in and I waited out. I looked at the table again. There were several magazines and at least three of them had beautiful female models on their covers but my dad picked the one with Carmen Carrera. I know him well. He felt attracted but was not going to accept it. “Yes, dad. You are not confused as you say I am.”, I thought and smiled. -- source link