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[-] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 week ago

It hasn't happened yet, but I'm pretty sure they'll disown me whenever I tell them I'm trans.

[-] manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

My parents had a negative reaction when I came out to them in my late 20s, a decade on theyre mostly over it, I hope it workouts for you. People are complex and take time to understand things, you just have to keep showing up.

I found it helped to remind myself how long I struggled with these ideas internally. My family isnt' perfect, but as the ending from Some Like it Hot says: nobody's perfect

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