(16-Apr-2025, 06:04 PM)IMissMyBeautifulSon Wrote: I just want someone to talk to. My 28-year-old son has been on estradiol for years. He's not happy, but he's convinced it's because he hasn't had his many planned surgeries yet, because people keep misgendering him, because society is so transphobic... Even my friends who are sympathetic (the ones who didn't try to shame me for my concerns about my child's physical and mental health or scoff at my "bigotry") get tired of hearing about gender ideology, as if they've dodged the blow, as if they don't need to hear about it or think about it because, they think, it hasn't touched them or their loved ones. Yet. Is there anyone else here who just wants someone to talk to about all this?
IMissMyBeautifulSon, you have come to the right place. Over the years, I believe that has been a common reason for many of us posting to this forum. I know the isolation you must feel. Sadly, even though you feel alone, in actuality, a large number of us here have and are experiencing this loss of a child in a way for which there is no recognition, no public way to mourne, and no lack of the clueless and thoughtless who even suggest what has happened to your son (and to my daughter) is worthy of celebration and "pride." I encourage you to search through the private side of this forum, and you will find a lot that is familiar in the stories of others, and maybe some ways to cope, a safe place to vent your anger and sadness, and maybe some hope in the resources and ideas that have been shared here. Hang in there. You're not completely alone.
