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r/asktransgender • … • u/Somme_Guy

How did your "loving" but openly transphobic parents react when you came out?

So basically I know my mom will love me no matter what, but she is a bit transphobic. She isn't really vigorously hateful, but she will comment on how she finds it weird and make fun of the absurdity of the idea (to her). She isn't absolutely crazy transphobic but if shown a trans woman she would be the type to say "that's a man" or something.

She overall doesn't seem that against me being a feminine guy though, and has even pointed out that she likes aspects of my character she thinks are feminine. Though being a trans woman would probably be perceived very differently by her.

If you came out to a parent like this I am curious how they reacted. I know I can't perfectly predict it, but I just want to have some idea of if people's parents tend to get nicer or worse because I really do want to start hrt at some point soon.

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