It's interesting that you write this. One of the first signs with my daughter was that she came home for the holidays with a shaved head. Her roommate ("non-Cis") had shaved it. She still wore a dress/big dangly earrings and I remember telling her she pulled it off really well. Within six months she and the friend started T together (unb…
It's interesting that you write this. One of the first signs with my daughter was that she came home for the holidays with a shaved head. Her roommate ("non-Cis") had shaved it. She still wore a dress/big dangly earrings and I remember telling her she pulled it off really well. Within six months she and the friend started T together (unbeknownst to me). Before college, she showed no signs of being trans but was supportive of it, like most Gen Zers. It's been almost 5 years now with no signs of desistance in sight.
If I were sending my kid to college today, I would research the college first. There is a ranking for LGBTQ friendliness and my daughter's college is at the top. They got a lot of funding from one of the trans foundations, started an LGTBTQ dorm area, etc. Had I known what was coming, I would have done everything in my power to send her elsewhere. I also would have stopped filling out the FAFSA and cut off all financial support. But I didn't know what I was up against. It was within a few months (maybe less?) of me submitting her last FAFSA that she cut off all contact for 2 years.
It's interesting that you write this. One of the first signs with my daughter was that she came home for the holidays with a shaved head. Her roommate ("non-Cis") had shaved it. She still wore a dress/big dangly earrings and I remember telling her she pulled it off really well. Within six months she and the friend started T together (unbeknownst to me). Before college, she showed no signs of being trans but was supportive of it, like most Gen Zers. It's been almost 5 years now with no signs of desistance in sight.
If I were sending my kid to college today, I would research the college first. There is a ranking for LGBTQ friendliness and my daughter's college is at the top. They got a lot of funding from one of the trans foundations, started an LGTBTQ dorm area, etc. Had I known what was coming, I would have done everything in my power to send her elsewhere. I also would have stopped filling out the FAFSA and cut off all financial support. But I didn't know what I was up against. It was within a few months (maybe less?) of me submitting her last FAFSA that she cut off all contact for 2 years.