Ask Matt: Coming Out About My Trans Partner at Christmas
A reader writes: “I’m a non-transgender pansexual woman who has been dating my friend, a male-to-female transgender person, for a few months. “I’ve known my partner for five years and knew that she was...
View ArticleAsk Matt: My Mother Doesn’t Believe I’m Trans
A reader writes: “I’m an FTM, 18, and I came out to my mum about two years ago. She didn’t take it very well. “She told me that she didn’t believe that I was transgender because I feel uncomfortable...
View ArticleAsk Matt: My Genderqueer Child Wants to Use Testosterone
A reader writes: “I have a question about how to support my teen daughter. She is 19 and decided this past year that she identifies as genderqueer, which she describes as ‘being neither male nor...
View ArticleAsk Matt: How Can I Believe That My Child Is Trans?
A reader writes: “I am a parent of a teenager who just last year, at the age of 17, shocked me with the announcement that she was transgender and would be starting the transition from FTM as soon as...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Inappropriate Family Responses to Coming Out
A reader writes: I’ve never felt like I fit in until I started to dress as a male at University a few year ago. Before I left University, I threw away my small collection of male clothes because I was...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Small-Town Transition Blues
A reader writes: “I’m a 16-year-old trans guy, and I came out to my mom two months ago, and my dad one month ago. They haven’t rejected me (I knew they wouldn’t), but they’re not on board with thinking...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Coming Out – to a Fiancée’s Parents and to a New Date
Here, we have two coming-out posts reflecting very different situations. As always, I encourage readers to chime in. Here goes: A reader writes: “I identify as a genderfluid/ genderqueer FTM...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation Confusions
In these two letters, we look at the confusion around, and intersections of, sexual orientation and gender identity. Here we go: A reader writes: “I’m dating a trans man now and it’s been amazing. I’m...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Binding Blues and Peeing Problems
A reader writes: “I’m in high school (Junior), but am very open about my gender identity (cross dress, bind, etc). At this point there isn’t a whole lot I can do about hormonal treatment or surgery. So...
View ArticleAsk Matt: Nowhere to Live if I Transition
A reader writes: “I’m 17, a junior in high school, and FTM. I live at home currently with my mother and sister. I came out about a year ago. “My mum’s response had been ‘I saw this coming. I’ll love...
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