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One of the overwhelmingly consistent things that I see when parents find out that their child is transgender is that they feel ALONE. SO very ALONE. You feel like you’re the first one to ever deal with this, the first person to cross this bridge and see where the rabbit hole leads. You feel lost,…
Read MoreA few short weeks ago, (maybe 2?) we were at our wits end with the school. We invoked legal rights, threatened the school with a lawsuit and went all in. We had a very formal meeting with half the school (LOL) and made a new plan for Aaron’s success in school. The one factor that…
Read MoreI sent the email on Sunday night at 11pm. Before 9am on Monday, I received a phone call from the superintendent herself. She was very upset about the circumstances and assured us she was calling an emergency 504 meeting and would mandate a safety plan written for Aaron as well. She had the district 504…
Read MoreThere are some days that we get along with the southern conservative folks who live around us here in the Bible Belt. But there are other days that we really really do not. This is evident the most when we look at the school system and how public educators interact with Aaron. After months or…
Read MoreI think that one of the largest challenges that trans and non-binary persons face is a general lack of respect. We have arguments and political debates about their right to health care, access to emergency services, their right to medications, to have their names and their documents match who they are — even if they…
Read MoreHere at B4CK we have regularly request monetary donations, used binders, and volunteer hours. We put out the requests pretty often and I have been really encouraged lately. I want to share with you about the amazing things that have gone on this month! First of all, I want to share with you about a…
Read MoreWe have talked a lot lately on Facebook and sitting around in conversations and such about trans kids playing sports, using public restrooms, and a myriad of other simple rights that normal human beings have. I don’t want to talk about sports because my husband and I disagree about that on a basic level and…
Read MoreAaron’s first Lupron shot finally came!! It took us A WHILE to get it approved but I was so excited and overjoyed to finally give it to him. At this point, he’s 14 and a full blown hormones screaming teenager. so I am hoping that his hormone suppressant also suppresses his attitude!! We gave him…
Read MoreWe finally have the letter from our psychiatrist that says Aaron is ready for hormone blockers. I sent this letter in to our Endocrinologist about 2 weeks ago and scheduled this appointment. And today, we get to go in and sign consent forms to use Lupron which is a hormone blocker. When we got to…
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