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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m transgender and am completely estranged from my parents. When we still talked, they yelled and screamed at me to try to get me to detransition. They hate LGBT people. They were also deeply embarrassed about me transitioning and were ashamed to talk about it with anyone they knew.

There’s absolutely no way I’ll get any money from them when they die. I wouldn’t detransition even if they promised to give me everything. Their money isn’t more important than my happiness.[/quote]

I'm sure there are some people like this but a lot of lgbtq people use this as an excuse as to why they are no contact. Most people could not care less what orientation their kids or parents are.  Not saying this post is untrue but for others I'm saying to not necessarily trust this as a reason. It's highly likely it was something else that caused the estrangement.[/quote]

I wasn't making up a story, it was literally what happened. I know it might seem like it's less common these days but I know a lot of queer people that are estranged from their family even today. For cisgender LGB people it's less common than it was decades ago but I've met plenty that are still not accepted by their families. For trans people? It's extremely common. I'd say of the people I know, upwards of 90% of them have no relationship or a very poor relationship with their parents. A lot of people do not accept their children when they transition.[/quote]

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