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[–] captainlezbian 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. I was disowned when I came out at 20. Telling my mom would’ve been bad because it would’ve denied me an important moment in our lives, and an opportunity for her to support me on our terms. Telling my then father would’ve just made him stop talking to me as a teenager.

Other kids face physical violence. It’s not uncommon for a trans person to be murdered by a parent.

This idea that parents have a right to know everything about their child will get kids killed. But kids aren’t people like parents are to many people

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Im sorry you had to deal with that. I flipped the script on them, support this crap and they are gone, dissowned, refered to as 'the biggot formerly know as ', I'll talk about them as though they are sub-human, see how they like it.

Some relatives arent invited to my wedding because although I dont like my sil's spouse on a personal level, they are trans, they are invited and they will be protected. I would rather spend time with someone decent who I dont get along with than someone biggoted who I used to get along with.

I hope you are in a good place in life now, stay strong. It will take time but conservatives always lose to the inevitable march of progress. They've been losing, and that is why they are so mad

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That’s exactly it. You’re not going to like everyone of an oppressed group, but you can dislike every bigot.

And yeah, these days I’m happily married and surrounded by my people. My problems are shit like stress and work and a landlord who ignores problems too long. Utterly boring, exactly the kinds of problems my younger self dreamed of.

I hope you’re doing better too.

[–] AnalogyAddict 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"It's not uncommon for a trans person to be murdered by a parent..." could you share news stories about this? It would be helpful to have facts, but I've not seen any myself.

[–] koraro 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So a quick search I just found this for actual murders. https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/3/04/trans-and-nonbinary-siblings-shot-death-mother-charged But if you count suicide because of the parents then there's a lot more like these. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leelah_Alcorn

[–] AnalogyAddict -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Suicide isn't murder, however unfortunate it is.

So... one example?