TechnoTenshi 
(playing and hugging my child)
Child: Wait, your boob is choking me! It’s pressing against my throat!
Me: Ok, that was weirdly affirming.
RebeccaNew euphoria level unlocked: invited to a moms group. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So my kid officially came out as non-binary yesterday.
For reference: they told us they were queer a few years ago - lesbian at first, but seem to have settled on bisexual for now. When we went to register them for school, they asked to be listed as non-binary and she/her/they/them pronouns (and, as a side note, I absolutely LOVE living somewhere where preferred name and pronouns on a school form is a thing.)
Yesterday, we went to a PFLAG family picnic, and when going around doing introductions, they announced their new name and pronouns as she/they.
Honestly pretty proud of my kiddo and further encouragement that moving was the right move.
#trans #transgender #nonbinary #transparenting #transparents #parenting
JoMaking that mental calculus when travelling to Trump country for vacation about presenting femme or masc. I don't care about getting yelled at, but I don't want my kid to get scared. =\ #nonbinary #trans #transparenting
The transphobic rhetoric around trans people being pedophiles makes being a parent and being in childrens' spaces pretty scary. #trans #nonbinary #transparenting #parenting
When my kid was three months old, I was chased into the waiting room by the pediatric dentist waving a form where, in a panic when presented with check boxes for "Mother," "Father," and "Guardian," I checked off "Guardian." "Um, excuse me, sir, did you mean to check off something else?" he asked me as I stood in the waiting room wearing a skirt and blouse with a screaming infant. #nonbinary #trans #parenting #transparenting
Things that are unexpectedly very affirming: getting ads, not just for typically feminine interests, but specifically for MOMS. 😂❤️
#trans #transgender #parenting #transfem #transjoy #transparenting
NateWhen you're at the lowest points in your life, it's easy to look back with regret, to obsess over all the little things that could've been different, that would've changed things for the better.
But when you're at a place where things are good, I hope you're able to see that every single one of those things is something that contributed to where you are at that moment.
That you might be somewhere similar if things had gone differently, but that the exact sequence of events wouldn't have happened.
I hope you're able to find, not joy, but equanimity; that things will be ok.
Sometimes "ok" is enough.
Sometimes "ok" will get you through the shit, and things can be pretty great.
#TransParenting #ForTheFuture #Austra #IYKYK #Depression #Anxiety #MentalHealth #SelfAwareness
Oh No Na#transparency #transparenting at the end of this hectic first week of school and many first encounters with my children's new friends' parents: I can only hope that the lasting impression they have from meeting me can be summed up in the word "nipples" rather than say the word "stubble".
GenderMeowster(they/them)🏳️⚧️Family Equality Council hosts an online support group for parents and caregivers who are trans/nonbinary/genderqueer/gender nonconforming. The group meets from 7 to 8 pm Eastern time on every other Wednesday. The next meeting is TODAY, July 19! Go to this link for more info and to sign up: https://bit.ly/genderparents
#transparenting #nonbinaryparenting #genderqueerparenting
#queerparenting
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