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This is so sad. “Struggling parent of a 20-year-old male who just started HRT Hi everyone, one of our absolutely beloved 20 year old sons ( he is a twin) just started HRT to, according to an email written by his gender therapist with his approval, feminize his look and perhaps dress more femininely at some point. The note stated that at this point he is not looking to transition to a woman. He does not want us to change his name or pronouns and wants us to treat him the same way we always have. He also has stated that he does not want to talk to us about this and that he will handle this with his therapists. Our son is in college and is highly intelligent and we are an extremely close family. Even though he has asked us not to talk about this with him, we have tried to support him by driving him to the informed consent meeting, paying for doctors and therapists, freezing sperm. We are trying everything we possible can do to be as supportive as possible without crossing boundaries. So these are the facts. The other facts that are really difficult to state are that my husband and I are having a total and massive collective breakdown. We are in total shock and are completely overwhelmed by this, to the point of having trouble functioning. We both have therapists and have added a gender therapist, but the pain is just white hot and I cannot even put my finger on what is is causing such utter sadness and debilitation. We love our adult child and we will do whatever is necessary to help, but managing our own feelings, the fact that there were no signs (he said he never experienced gender issues as a child it came on in the past 6 months), the fact that I sincerely cannot believe this is actually happening and during a time in the country where I am heartbroken over what the future holds living in the US right now. Would it be possible for someone anyone to weigh in here with some experience? We obviously have not breathed a word of this to our son about how much we are struggling and never would. We are just stuck. And depressed. And sad. And heartbroken. Anyone?

The fact that they don’t see what everyone else sees is the starkest demonstration that this is a severe mental illness.

Mexican conjoined twin Carmen Andrade married her boyfriend. Her twin sister, Lupita, approved the marriage, despite identifying as asexual and aromantic, and despite the fact that they share the same reproductive system.

I honestly find Abigail and Brittany Hensel fascinating and a testament to human adaptability. I'm really glad they are leading happy lives with Abigail getting married

Just watched a girl at an SF party walk up to a guy and immediately say “wow your hand is so big” and immediately ask to compare hand sizes I thought it was just a meme wtf

Mostly this past year. Not “IRL”, but through my GC activism. When I started hypothesizing that the same thing we call AGP occurs in females, many stopped speaking to me, removed me from orgs/coalitions, unfollowed/blocked me, & actively tried to smear me. It’s affected me as feelings of frustration & disappointment. Through all of that none showed me why I was wrong. They just straw manned my ideas & called me hateful, dangerous, etc. when of course they know that’s true.