Comments on: Camp I Am: A time, and a Place, to Be

By: KT

KT — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:54:42 +0000

Reading through your blog has brought me to tears. Oscar is so, so lucky to have a protector, teacher, and role model like you. I hope I can be as receptive. loving, curious, and patient with the challenges parenting brings my way.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:28 +0000

as a het white guy it’s hard to understand what is would be like to look out into the world and not see your experience represented, reflected there. I can only imagine that it has to make one feel invisible; unreal.

By: Alexandra Young

Alexandra Young — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:57:49 +0000

It is indeed fantastic to see children with gender variance being supported by parents and professionals alike these days. It wasn’t that long ago that such support was just not there within society, and transgendered people like me had to hid our true selves from others just to try and survive life without abuse and victimisation.
I do wish I had such support and understanding in my childhood, for I had to wrestle with my demons from as young as 4 years old. I had been forced to live life as a boy and then onto male adulthood, purely because society expected you to conform to the gender rules placed upon you based on physical birth sex.
It took me a long time to come to terms with what I had to do in life to become my real female self, and thankfully things have changed enough within society to allow late onset transitioning women, men and children to take such a step. It is lovely and heartening to see that our children will not have to face the same levels of restriction, and it is people like yourself who help the plight of those who don’t quite fit into the generally accepted male and female norms.
Regards, Alexandra. x

By: Leah

Leah — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:06:07 +0000

Your last couple of posts have been nice reminders of the importance of mirrors. It’s the world saying, guess what kid, you’re not alone after all. Camp sounds amazing.

By: Zoë Suzanna

Zoë Suzanna — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:23:27 +0000

It is heart warming to know there are parents such as yourself who are so accepting of your children for who they are. Thank you for your well written posts!