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a year ago today i came out to my family as a trans boy. i was at a pride in my town, and sent my parents and brother a long letter in which i explained everything; i had been called ayden, a he, for a while by my friends. they took it well, and i& #39;ll forever be (1/7)
grateful for that. they said they weren& #39;t surprised, and that they would support me, and that we& #39;d talk about it later since i wasn& #39;t home. For a few weeks, maybe months i don& #39;t know, they kinda tried to use masculine or neutral words when talking to me, by texts at least.(2/7)
But they never called me Ayden, ever. I thought "it& #39;s okay, they need time". but after a while they stopped using masculine terms, and went back to complete feminine. It was like i never ever came out to them. that was the worst part. thinking they were making a lot of (3/7)
progress, and then going all the way back. it& #39;s been a year since my coming out now, and i don& #39;t even know if they remember the fact that i am trans. I don& #39;t know what the point of this thread is, if there even is a point, but i wanted to talk about it all to you guys. (4/7)
i& #39;ll talk about it to my parents later, remind them of everything. i& #39;m sure someday they& #39;ll get used to it, they need time, i& #39;m still full of hope. I& #39;ll bake a cake, too, to celebrate the anniversary, because i am proud of my identity. To all my trans friends out here, (5/7)
closeted or not, binary or not, don& #39;t give up. i know how hard this fight can be, but please don& #39;t ever be ashamed of who you are. you are beautiful, valid, loved. You aren& #39;t alone in what you& #39;re going through. You deserve to be proud of who you are because you are beautiful(6/7)
and perfect the way you are. don& #39;t give up. my dms are always open to anyone who needs to talk. i love you all, be proud, and thank you for reading. 
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