npr:nprhereandnow:A Mother Comes To Terms With Her Transgender Child“I saw that my child was lost. I
npr:nprhereandnow:A Mother Comes To Terms With Her Transgender Child“I saw that my child was lost. I realized that living two divided lives — one at school, one at home — was creating a schism in who she was, and she was not whole.“We were trying to prevent the harm we saw happening. We didn’t expect him to suddenly on a dime turn around and become a different person, a happier person.“He started laughing openly, huge guffaws. He started standing up tall and looking in people’s eyes. And the barking and the loping and the tongue hanging out, and all those odd antisocial behaviors he had had previously fell away within the first two weeks [of the transition].” ~ Mimi Lemay Hear the rest of Mimi’s interview and read a letter she wrote to her son This is an incredibly heartfelt story. -Emily -- source link