Starting Points

Someone wrote…

I recently discovered a celebrity whose work I really enjoy, and she happens to be trans. Empowered by this celebrity’s self-acceptance and LGBT pride, I later came out to my family as gender-fluid. It didn’t go well. My mom rejected my identity and told me I was “just too obsessed” with the aforementioned celebrity.

People need to learn the difference between obsessively absorbing someone’s identity and having a starting point for finding YOUR OWN identity…

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on June 18th, 2015 at 08:00 am

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