Just A Boy Who Refuses To Hide

I’m glad you were able to come out to your close friends and family. That took a lot of courage and I’m proud of you! I’m so happy that they’re supportive of you. Right on!

When you’re lgbqt, feeling embarrased about your sexuality is completely normal, especially when you first come out.

The secret to feeling more comfortable about yourself and your sexuality is to simply be yourself. Be strong and confident in who you are and that strength and confidence will bring people into your life who care about you for you. The fact that your opinions are different will make your friendships grow stronger.

Sure, there will always be haters out there, but don’t worry about them. If they can’t accept you for who you are, they don’t belong in your life anyway.

Most people won’t even believe me when I say this, but yeah, my birth mother tried to abduct me and take me back to Arizona.(I’m in Tennessee now) Why? Because she thinks I’m fucking up my life by “pretending to be a boy.”

My mom’s ignorance caused a ton of negative effects ranging from me having to temporarily leave my future adoptive parents, who are basically my whole world to me attempting suicide, again. Because of her actions, I cut myself so badly I had to be in the hospital for days following multiple blood transfusions.

The point of this (other than having a legit excuse to vent), is despite all that happened over the last few weeks, I’m lucky that I don’t have to live with my transphobic parents anymore, and I’m beginning to think I’m lucky I didn’t kill myself, but there are so many other youth out there that have no choice.

Parents do have a choice.

They can and should support their children even if they don’t agree with them.

Most people know people who are transgender are more likely to commit suicide, but did you know that when those kids have supportive parents, they are 82% less likely to commit SUICIDE? 82 percent. That’s huge.

Think about it.