HEADCANON 001 : transitioning.Â
cedric transitioned very young. his parents did struggle for a time, amos more than ana. cedric was 8 or 9 when he attempted to make them understand what he was feeling and why, and after that, they ( mainly ana and his uncle jesus, who was a muggle but openly gay and attending university in america ) researched for a couple years and asked a hundred questions before they truly began to accept and understand it. jesus spoke to professors and friends, not ever specifying cedric or showing him off to people but just as hypotheticals. he eventually found his way into the trans community although they were still quite separate from the â LGBT â community in that area at the time.Â
still, in the interim of all this , they did agree to call him cedric ( picked out by both he and his parents, who â still wanted a hand in naming their child â although ana was more involved than amos in the process. he really just agreed at the end ), and by the time he went to hogwarts, they were using the correct pronouns, and even his hogwarts letter came, hand delivered by madam rolanda hooch, addressed to ONE MR. CEDRIC DIGGORY. he couldnât be more excited.
following cedricâs entry into hogwarts and, eventually, his making the quidditch team, amos diggory compensates for his initial disdain and disorientation with his son a lot. he brags and boasts and parades his sonâs achievements, and while cedric knows he means well, he also knows that his fatherâs antics often translate to â my son is better than yours even though heâs trans â, and he tries often to explain that to amos. that amos doesnât need to hoist him up on a pedestal just to prove him being trans doesnât matter. cedric doesnât want it part of the reason at all. he is good because he works hard. he is good regardless of his gender, and he thinks it will take his dad a bit longer to see that, but he appreciates the effort regardless.Â
CEDRIC ISNâT OUT TO ANYONE. he understands later on how lucky âand quite rareâ he is to both have a supportive family and a means of transitioning so early. he also knows that he has never had the trouble others do of passing, which has also greatly benefitted his mental state. still, he isnât prepared to educate wizards and witches on what this means, what it means to be trans because he doesnât truly know. he believes heâs had it quite easy, now that he can do research himself, and so he doesnât want to misrepresent what it means truly. therefore, only a handful of adults know and none more.Â
he begins transitioning in his third year. madam hooch speaks to his parents and assures them the process is not as scary as it seems in the magical world, although there are some aspects of it that must be done without magic so as to ensure the safety of cedric mentally and not just physically. she explains to them every step, including parts of her own transition that are beneficial as well as markings of the underlying dysphoria that can never be â magically fixed â, no matter what. rolanda is there with him through the entire process. they bond over flying, and she is the one that gets him into quidditch. sure, his dad often urged him to prepare for making his house team, but it was rolanda who really struck the passion in him and helped him see that this was a new time, and he was very much capable of both being himself and playing quidditch. she snuffed out the fear. heâll never forget it.Â
by sixth year, cedric is, for the most part, comfortable in his body. he has his days where itâs a bit harder than others to see himself naked or where he fears he ISNâT passing well enough. he still has anxiety regarding his height, and every now and again, he even fears his parents miss what they wanted him to be, but most days, he can look in the mirror now and not feel like crawling out of his skin. he still isnât out to anyone because he doesnât feel the need to divulge that information to just anyone, and no one has ever seemed too interested in such personal things either. the people heâs dated were never anything long - term much less physical, and he always felt that such superficial things were not worth the deeply personal conversation. but heâs comfortable. his mother and father are supportive. he has someone nearby at all times that understands his struggle. and heâs happy. cedric diggory is happy.Â