PreTransition

Transitioning is an undeniably difficult journey for everyone involved.  For the transgender person, it involves the emotional and social hurdles of coming out, potentially facing rejection, and navigating medical and emotional challenges.  For family members, it can be equally challenging, requiring them to adjust to a new reality and the changes it brings.Our story today explores a situation where a mother grapples with these complexities. While she embraces her son’s transition, she struggles to let go of a cherished…

Elliot Page is opening up about his experience since coming out as transgender and nonbinary toward the tail end of 2020. In a guest column for Esquire published Wednesday, Page reflected on how he received love and support from many people after his announcement but also “hatred and cruelty and vitriol” from others. Page described transphobia as “just so, so, so extreme” and brought up the damaging consequences of jokes, explaining that while some people may think a joke is simply a joke, they have an impact…