What This Parent of a Transgender Child Wants You to Know

• By: Terri Cook, BA, MS Author, Speaker, and Advocate
• October 1st, 2016
• cultural competency, discrimination, family support, gender identity, gender-affirming care, healthcare, mental health, transgender youth
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I am the proud mother of two young men, but I didn’t always know I had two sons. For 15 years, I believed I was raising a daughter. My younger child, who I now know is my son, is transgender. My husband and I supported his transition, at 15, from female to male. I’ve been criticized and...