“Oh no.”

How my mom made me question my trans identity.

Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash

I almost feel guilty writing this since I’m actually extremely lucky to be in the situation I’m in. My family (or at least everyone in it who matters) respects my pronouns and my medical/social transition. I’m not berated or discouraged when I wear or do things outside of what they’d expect of someone of my assigned gender. Like everyone else, though, they have their……