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It’s a really good way to make friends who are like you. While they may live all around, it’s a really good experience to have and it made me feel much more comfortable in my own skin. You meet all sorts of people who are just like you, or maybe a little different, or maybe even a lot different, and yet you still understand what everybody is going through. Continue reading
Mark your calendars for MAY 15, because a very BIG event is just a couple of weeks away! GiveBIG is a one-day, online, charitable-giving event in which you can increase the amount of your gift to Gender Diversity through corporate matching of your donation. Continue reading
Here I was with all this fear and apprehension about my transgender daughter, and some of these other dads were so collected and together. It was helpful to see that other people and their kids have “survived” this challenge. Continue reading
I finally “heard” (accepted) that while coming out as queer is aligning an internal truth to the outside world, coming out as trans can mean acknowledging a significant difference between an internal truth and the expectations of the outside world. Continue reading
Families, once in dire need of this conference themselves, now enthusiastically make the annual pilgrimage to Gender Odyssey Family specifically to lend support to the new families, the new siblings, the new exploring and transitioning youth. All ages, all backgrounds, from around the world. It’s a unique opportunity for parents to get questions and concerns answered. Continue reading
In our new Speaking Out series, parents and family members open up about navigating life with our gender-nonconforming children. Our stories bring us together, and through them, we find community. The first post in the series is from Brandon, who shares Part One of his family’s journey. Continue reading
Registration day, Silver Cloud Hotel – This is my first encounter with the families attending the conference. I see families who are as new to the conference as I am, and I see families who are attending the conference for their second, third, or even fourth time. They look like they are home again. Continue reading
Something that I find amazing about this conference is watching families new to the scene initially interact with hesitation and fear, and by the end of the conference, see these same parents begin to relax, with a palpable sense of joy that neither they, nor their child, are alone in this journey. Continue reading
Nurturing the next generation of leaders in the LGBTQ community is critical to achieving and sustaining LGBTQ equality. This past August, Pride Foundation supported three young activists in building their leadership skills by sponsoring their attendance at the Gender Odyssey conference. Continue reading
Today, was one of the longer days I’ve had as a mother. Morgan chose to push gender boundaries even farther and stretch his parents faith in humanity. His school outfit consisted of a purple butterfly shirt (adorned with sparkles), a pink/plaid skort, purple leopard knee high socks and his black, faux fur lined boots. The closer we got to school the quieter he became, unable to describe his feelings. Continue reading
