Sam Dick’s article deeply resonated with me as a parent (A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …, 5 March). I’ve had a similar experience in the last two years, in that one of my adult children has come out as a trans woman.
My husband and I made every effort to wholeheartedly support our daughter from the outset but, like Sam’s mum, I too had my fears about how hard life would be for her. Transphobia is rife now, in the same way that homophobia was 20 years ago. It seems that the parallels with that situation are now ignored, as again our society finds ways to “other” people for being different, and looks for reasons to vilify them.
