Hey y’all, just started HRT last week and am only out to one person in my life right now. I’ll be seeing my mom in may (she lives in another country) and I was planning to come out to her then, but when speaking with my therapist about it she has me second guessing that plan.

Basically I’m 100% certain my mom will be accepting (I have a cousin who came out as trans; mom was extremely supportive and immediately began using correct name/pronouns, had a heart to heart with my uncle about needing to accept his son if he wants a relationship with him). And in general she’s just an extremely accepting person who has always been vocally supportive of the LGBTQ community.

Anyway, my plan was to tell her in May, but my therapist asked if I’m 100% certain that she’ll be supportive, wouldn’t that support over the next 7 months be more beneficial than the benefit from having the conversation in person as opposed to FaceTime.

I’ve been thinking about it, and I guess she’s right, I just really hate hard conversations and dread coming out even though there’s plenty of more of that coming. Guess I would just appreciate y’all’s perspective on it and whether it’s worth getting over my fear and just coming out to her?