Watched the series finale of Top Chef and the parents being proud made it awfully dusty in my room.

I am genuinely trying to understand the jib of these questions—I think that they are countering imagined claims from trans folks.

Here’s an even better link for parents. Sounds like you are already pretty well educated, but the more info the better.  https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/Pages/Gender-Non-Conforming-Transgender-Children.aspx

Read the link—it talks about all kinds of “gender expansive” kids, not just trans kids. Your child may not have the vocabulary to express themselves fully. Puberty is a while off, but good to have the vocabulary (and a pediatrician you trust) before it rears its ugly head.

You know, my mom doesn’t like it either, so I think he could learn to live with that.

You’re awesome! And have you considered that your kid may be trans or talked to your child about it? I was just like that as a kid, and I am a happily transitioned trans man now.

Have you seen this? http://www.hrc.org/youth-report/supporting-and-caring-for-our-gender-expansive-youth#.U7xP1_ldVI5

You should be friends with my dad. He has a trans son and a gay son. He really likes bicycling. Maybe you could turn gay together. Just give it a shot.

I’m actually surprised that Lambda Legal, ACLU, or Transgender Law Center hasn’t brought suit. Maybe they think it’s premature until there’s better precedent out there set in the more liberal federal circuits.

Will ACLU Kansas take you there? Sue the fuckers.

Depends where you live. In four states you are prohibited from doing so. In many others, doing so is a costly and onerous process.

“NOBODY will make a big deal about this.”

Thanks! Yeah, I’m grown up, and I’m getting nervous. My heart is really with the kids; they operate in a world where name-calling, physical violence, and ostracization are socially acceptable behaviors. Over 20 years later, I can feel the ghosts of bullies past hovering over me in the locker room. Even if SCOTUS…

I publicly came out last May. I work in a federal building. I pee in a federal building. I shower and use the gym in a federal building. My colleagues have been nothing but supportive, but still I pretend every day not to be terrified that it will be the day that someone finally gets “brave” enough to act out on…

I’m a verse to these kinds of puns. But now iambic-kering with you.

How much can you be expected to smile a week after you find out the man that’s supposed to be peeing only on you sees the whole world as his toilet?

I’ve been watching that Leah Remini show on Scientology and getting the feeling that Trump is playing from the same playbook—this aggressive “you WILL show total allegiance”/alternative facts dynamic is pretty much the same. He’s not leading a country, he’s leading a cult.

This is Barron with his toys and Donald with his.

I’m mid-thirties. I asked my parents, “How the hell did you do this before iPads?” Without skipping a beat, my mom (a pediatrician active with AAP) answered, “GameBoy.”

A/k/a Drafty.

If life imitates art, it was her brother.