by Susan Berland | Feb 24, 2021 | Family, LGBTQ Issues |
When a child comes out, there is often a lot of confusion, guilt, shame and so many questions. We wonder if we will ever get to a point of being happy to have an LGBTQ child. We’d be satisfied to just be okay and not feel how we feel at the moment. But there is hope!...
by Susan Berland | Jan 27, 2021 | LGBTQ Issues |
More and more kids are coming out and more and more parents are reaching out to me for support. I’m so happy I have a safe place to offer them where they can get the support they need from other parents of LGBTQ kids. Many of them are using the term lifestyle when...
by Susan Berland | Jan 13, 2021 | LGBTQ Issues |
This post was originally published in 2016. It bears repeating! As I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s (yes, I’m THAT old!) we never thought about pronouns. Boys were he and him and girls were she and her. We didn’t even know what it meant to be transgender. The...
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...
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