Today is the 5th annual “Blogging for LGBT Families” day and it is about families with LGBT members. When a person who is LGBT comes out of the closet, it affects all the family their lives are also change.Today I went with two other trans-person to a Family Service non-profit agency in the greater Hartford area to do an “Outreach” for their staff of LCSW on how being trans affected my family and my friends. We answered their questions about our early lives and how we knew that we were transgender. What it was like growing up and if our parents knew. They asked what they should do if a client came out to them. They questioned us about what they should do if the client was a parent or if the client was a child.
It is important to have these outreaches because it helps train therapist on what to expect when a client comes out to them. It will make life easier on the next generation of trans-people and isn’t that what life is all about, helping the next generation?
That you've gone through your experience with a willingness to help future trans-people says a lot about you, Diana. I admire that.
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