Becoming a light for our wayward sonAt the tender age of 15, our sweet, nerdy son announced, completely out of the blue, that he is “trans” and needs hormones. I feel like a broken record—he has autistic-like personality traits, a tendency to black and white thinking and hyper-focus, sweet and empathetic character…
Where's Our Life Raft?This is my rant. My attempt at a cathartic retelling of a story so many know. Our daughter was – is – a wonderful little girl. Funny, outgoing and pleasant. Loving and caring, empathetic to a fault. Wildly smart in math and science, she’s always excelled academically. And like…
Why is this happening to my family?We parents of trans-identified kids have all asked this question: Why is this happening? Let’s examine one possible answer that I’ve heard from several sources - such as Josh Daws, Amber Athey, and Helena Kerschner - but that I think originated with James Lindsay at New…
To the glitter moms of social media:Pride month was really hard to go through, as a parent caught up in this gender twilight zone. Something that particularly bothered me were the popular, rainbow-colored, Facebook posts that said things like: “If your parents don’t support you, I’m your mama now. Get some sleep…
