About Susan Berland
Susan Berland is fiercely committed to guiding young people and their parents back to a loving, accepting relationship when the parents are struggling to accept their child as gay, bisexual or transgender. Susan guides parents and their kids to communicate effectively, trust one another and accept one another where and as they are.
Here are my most recent posts
by Susan Berland | Aug 26, 2020 | Transgender |
I recently watched a short film about a young transgender woman who is also autistic. In my private Facebook group for parents of LGBTQ kids, there does seem to be quite a few whose kids are both transgender and autistic. In looking at an article on the subject, it...
by Susan Berland | Aug 12, 2020 | Family, LGBTQ Issues |
Below is a post from October of 2016. It bears repeating when so many more kids are coming out. We all know that the way a parent reacts when a child comes out can have many implications in that child’s life. A recent study now shows that gay and bisexual youth who...
by Susan Berland | Jul 29, 2020 | LGBTQ Issues |
Not too long ago I read an article about Halle Barry being cast as a transgender man. There was quite a bit of backlash. She finally backed out of the role, saying on Twitter, “As a cisgender woman, I now understand that I should not have considered this role,...
by Susan Berland | Jul 15, 2020 | Equality, LGBTQ Issues, Transgender |
I’ve been watching the Black Lives Matter movement and while I knew that black trans women were targets of violence and murder, I didn’t realize just how widespread the problem was. After watching 13th, the documentary of the impact of the criminal justice system on...
by Susan Berland | Jul 1, 2020 | Family, LGBTQ Issues |
When my son came out over 30 years I had a hard time accepting that he was gay. It seems funny to say that since I already knew. I didn’t want to know and I didn’t want it to be true, but I did know and it was true. So, why did I have a hard time accepting he was gay?...
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