Told my mom @ 22. She was in shock and didn't say much. I asked her not to tell my Dad but she said she couldn't. Dad sent me a text and said this was a phase, would ruin my life, and they wouldn't support me if I did it. Went back in the closet for 7 years of misery.
I was visiting a friend shortly before my 29th birthday, and we were talking about our plans for the future, and I realized that I had none. There was nothing that I wanted out of life. Nothing I wanted to achieve. I had decided years ago that I would not end my life while my parents and dog were alive, but that was the only thing keeping me here. There weren't any positive reasons.
I broke down when I got home. I couldn't keep living like this. I started on HRT two months later. Did not tell my parents. Moved across the country ~5 months into transitioning. My mom eventually reached out about visiting and that's when I told her.
The response this time was that they were sorry for not listening to me before, and obviously if this has been going on for the last 7 years it's not a phase. I'm so thankful they're supportive now.
My life didn't magically fix itself, but in the last 1.5 years I have gotten to experience something that has been missing from my life since I turned 13; Joy. I still struggle with depression, but for the first time in my adult life I have days where I think to myself, "Things are good. I am happy that I'm alive".
1 year ago today, Jonathan Joss was murdered in a homophobic hate crime.
Best known for voicing John Redcorn, Jonathan was a memorable part of many fans’ childhoods and will not be forgotten.
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. THE LEMKIN INSTITUTE PUT OUT A 3RD RED ALERT FOR THE GENOCIDE OF TRANS AMERICANS. INDIA IS ERASING TRANS INDIANS. RESEARCHERS SAY UK IS THE MOST ANTI TRANS DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD. WE WOULDNT HAVE PRIDE MONTH WITHOUT TRANS PEOPLE. ADVOCATE 4 YOUR TRANS FRIENDS.
people from the wealthiest country on the planet are out here bragging that they subsist on diets that you would not be allowed to feed to inmates in a Scandinavian prison
@JBunn2010@CarolinaLion2 Most people aren’t eating out because the economy is not good but also an entire generation of people are ordering takeout from these businesses in excess
Psychologist Erich Fromm who defined the term malignant narcissist called people like Andreessen necrophiles—not as a sexual fetish but the obsessive desire to turn the world into a lifeless machine that’s easier for them to understand.