Rayne "Rayn3Cl0ud" HalberdI came out as trans to my mom last night
I think what was surprising about me coming out to my mom was not how calm she was but her asking me to define transgender, not with derision, but wanting to understand me--her child--who told her she wanted to start living her life as a woman.
I had half-expected my mom to push back. Maybe even telling me that it was dumb of me to think that I was going to start living my life as a woman and should put those thoughts away. At the end of the car ride, I just put my head on her shoulder and she embraced me.
"I think I always knew" she said, and nothing else had to be said.