My partner is going through gender transition and I'm trying to be supportive, but I'm also grieving changes to their body that I'm not supposed to feel sad about, and we can't figure out how to talk about this without me sounding transphobic or unsupportive. We both need space for our feelings but every conversation about their transition feels like a minefield.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are experiencing the same physical transition from completely different emotional landscapes, struggling to honor both experiences simultaneously.
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