Hey gals,

Todays the day, I’m planning to come out to my mom. Unfortunately we live on separate continents so I’ll have to come out via FaceTime. I’ve wrote the following letter to read to her, Id appreciate y’all’s feedback!

Mom,

I just ask that you hear me out and if you have any questions you can ask them, or if you need time to process we can talk tomorrow or in a few days.

I’ve been wanting to talk to you for awhile. I’ve been going to therapy for the past few months, and this has confirmed something I’ve known for awhile: I am transgender.

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to talk to you about it, but it’s been difficult for me to accept. I’ve had a feeling for about 10 years now. It would come and go, I’d wish I was born a girl, think about what life would be like if I was, then get sad when I realized I couldn’t and would just push down the feelings.

This has been a vicious cycle for the past decade, every time the feelings would come back they’d be a little bit worse. Until this time I can’t push these feelings down any longer. It was taking my down a path of depression before I finally started to come to terms with the fact that I am trans.

So I started to see a therapist. I’ve been diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria. I am also on hormones and just had my 1 month anniversary. I’ve started to think what social transition would look like.

Since doing all this, my mood has improved tremendously. I’m starting to look forward to what the future will look like. I can say I’m the happiest I’ve been in years, and I’m still so early in my transition.

I know this is a lot to process and there may be some grieving, but just know you’re gaining a happy and full of life daughter.