Archive for March 2018
Transgender Pain Is Visible on Trans Day of Visibility 2018
The career of Danica Roem, the first openly transgender woman to win election to Viriginia’s House of Delegates or the glamorous lives of Laverne Cox or Caitlyn Jenner are not typical of most transgenders. They may be highly visible, but most transsexuals keep lower profiles. Why? They are discriminated against by society and families…
Read MoreJohn Oliver’s Marlon Bundo Is More Than A Parody
Jill Twiss’s parody of Vice President’s rabbit Marlon Bundo hippity-hopped to No. 1 on Amazon a day before the release of Pence’s daughter Charlotte’s children’s book about their real family pet entitled Day in the Life of Vice-President. So popular, Twiss’s book sold out in a day and 400,000 copies have been ordered for the…
Read MoreWho’s In Charge When A Child Comes Out?
When a child comes out, the family dynamic changes. It’s a role reversal. The child is perceived as being “in charge.” But you play a vital role. Don’t “roll over and play dead.” Your response has real impact. A parent may feel any one or all of these reactions such as denial, shock, anger, confusion.…
Read MoreWhat To Expect From PFLAG
Parents feel better when they realize that they are not alone and that there are parents like them who are experiencing similar thoughts, feelings and reactions to having an LGBTQ child. That’s the premise of a nationwide organization called PFLAG ( Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians & Gays, and now Transgender and Questioning).…
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