Transition Doesn’t Just Happen to You, But to Everyone Around You

<p>A lot of people who transition tend to forget that while this is a journey for you it&rsquo;s also a journey for others around you. I&rsquo;m not saying you should give into transphobia, that&rsquo;s not what I&rsquo;m saying in the slightest.</p> <p>I came out in 2013, right after band practice. I remember it very vividly: I had been dropping a few hints here and there, as if my mom would catch on, as if she just knew this was it&hellip; this was the day her child would come out to her. It was around nine p.m. on a Tuesday night. We got home, and I said to her, &lsquo;I have something to tell you.&rsquo; I rushed to my bedroom and grabbed the book I had been reading for about five months prior. Now I just want to be clear that it didn&rsquo;t take me five months to read the book, I had been reading it over and over again because I just felt so seen and connected the book was called &lsquo;Transition: The Story of How I Became a Man&rsquo; by Chaz Bono.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@gabeschronicles/transition-doesnt-just-happen-to-you-but-to-everyone-around-you-82a3f6c2fe72"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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