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How difficult is it for you to fight bigots? When the bigots are your parents and their bigotry affects your life?

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ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
My parents used to be transphobic bigots towards me. I started self-harming and tried to kill myself.
TheIncredibleHulka · 31-35, F
@ShaythePanTransMan did that help you in any way?
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@TheIncredibleHulka Self-harming and trying to kill myself? Haha no. The therapy I was forced into helped me a lot, but it was really thanks to my parents becoming non-abusive and accepting me and letting me start hormones. But...they never apologized for hurting me. I brought it up recently and my mom was livid, saying “there was a lot wrong with you at the time and I was just trying to figure out what was going on.” Yeah, didn’t help.