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From hiding to affirmation
Picture this, you are growing up in south west Sydney were being different is not only frowned upon but also were it is an excuse to become a victim to crime and various assaults. Now picture this young teenager is walking through a park in Liverpool listening to his music, Eminem playing through his headphones. On his face are tears running down past his black eye which was given to him a few hours prior by his father, this was done as a way to "make a man out of him". However this teenager has an issue he has known since he was 5 years old that he should not have been born a male. This is an issue issue that plays with his mind every second of the day. Constant thoughts in his mind are "why am I a female, I was born male surely this can’t be right”, “why am I not attracted to males if I am really a female I must like men right”, “how do I tell mum and dad".
By Rebecca Bornello4 years ago in Families
The Other Parent
I’ve never wanted to be pregnant. The thought of essentially carrying an alien inside of me for nine months is the type of thought that could put me right into a padded cell. I truly, truly mean that. I’m not sure if it’s a combination of not feeling feminine enough and that I can’t stand the idea of people touching my stomach or that I’m too selfish to devote my body to something for that long of a time, but something about it weirds me out. I digress. I’m glad we got that out of the way.
By Jess Ader-Ferretti4 years ago in Families
Open Letter To Lesbian Couples Trying To Get Pregnant
I was four years old when I knew I was gay. However, I was 22 when I finally decided to come out. Three weeks after that I married my now wife. Up until that moment I never had to think about the different options of getting pregnant with the person I love. I always had thought i’d be in a heterosexual relationship so there were really no worries. No one seemed to talk about the process for a lesbian couple or even heterosexual relationships that have fertility issues.
By Emily Noonan-Phillips4 years ago in Families
More Work lays ahead
I was watching a reaction video today. The lady reacting to the video/song by Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over troubled water. I started crying with the woman. This was her first time hearing the song. I thought back to the first time I heard the song and times were different back then. I was at my boyfriends house and had been bullied yet another day at school. I was also effeminate and didn't really stand up for myself because I was always smaller. I was an easy target for bullies. My boyfriend found this song on his new record, he came over to his bed, laid down beside me and held me as I cried. This was a new song and he started singing the words of the song to me, and softly kissed my tears away. He told me he would protect me forever. Being that I was a gay youth in the late 1960's and 1970's we had no positive role models to look up too back then. The gay youth didn't know that the father from the Brady Bunch was gay and many others. If we mentioned to our parents we were gay or attracted to other boys we were sent away for conversion therapy or sent to live with an aunt somewhere else. As I look back to this time in our history and to today, I see there has been much progress. But much work still lays ahead. While we are now to freely marry our boyfriends not all is well. I believe we have the right to marry, adopt and foster children. I don't feel we have the right to force a business to provide services to us. If it violates their religious beliefs, why should they have to serve us? Should we sue that business? I don't think so, because he does after all, have the right to refuse service. Does suing the business really do anything? The Supreme court ruled they can refuse service.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee4 years ago in Families
I abandoned a Wife and Newborn, and Why it was the Right thing to do
I can hear it now, how on earth? I was getting up there in age past 30, realized I'd never accomplished anything. I remember it painfully, I have a mild for of schizophrenia an I was falling apart emotionally. My sister drove me to the house my wife an I purchased mostly with her income. My sister talked to her an she agreed I could get my clothes. It was raining with thunder an a sad day I left my wife I'd known for at least ten
By Alan Villarreal4 years ago in Families
A Little More about Pregnancy
I am just under 20% done reading What to Expect when you’re Expecting. Let me just say as a transman it can be a little rough with just how gendered the book is, but it is fantastic information. The information about tests and what to eat are great, but I am at the part of the book where it is talking about the first month. And let me just say. The pregnancy glow is absolute bull.
By Kaleb Haycraft-Thomson4 years ago in Families
Learning about Pregnancy
Let me just say that as a transgender man that is planning to carry it is going to be quite the story. As soon as conception is confirmed there are a lot of changes that have to be made. Especially eating healthy and making sure I'm getting the right nutrients the right way. Which might be a little complicated.
By Kaleb Haycraft-Thomson4 years ago in Families
Looking for a Donor
One of the hardest parts of being a transgender parent to be in a relationship with another transgender male is that neither of us can conceive a child on our own. Which is something we both knew going into our relationship. We decided early on that we wanted children. We had many discussions about starting a family together. It was something we both wanted badly and we started our journey almost a year ago. Unfortunately, it came down to me having severe gender dysphoria which put us on a pause.
By Kaleb Haycraft-Thomson4 years ago in Families