"The grown-ups, my parents and the doctor who brought me into the world looked at my body and said that they thought I would grow up to be a girl because of how I looked. Then, when I got old enough to tell them how I felt, I said, 'I don't feel like a girl.'"
"I told my child that when I turned 18, I started taking medicine so that I would feel good about my body and that I would look the way I wanted to look, and I could grow a nice beard, and talk the way I do."
"The video ends with someone yelling in the distance, 'The baby did a really big throw up.' Harwood-Jones laughs, yells 'I'm coming,' underscoring the fact that trans people are just people, parenting and navigating baby vomit the way any other parent would."
A transgender father shares a heartfelt conversation with his four-year-old about his transition from being perceived as a girl to identifying as a boy. He explains how societal expectations influenced his early identity and how he eventually communicated his true feelings. The child asks innocent questions, leading to a discussion about choosing a name and undergoing medical changes. The interaction highlights the normalcy of parenting experiences, showcasing the father's love and the child's understanding, while also emphasizing the everyday realities of trans individuals.
Read at LGBTQ Nation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]