Periagoge
Scenario

When siblings choose different approaches to family acceptance

My non-binary sibling and I both grew up in the same conservative family, but they've gone no-contact while I'm still trying to maintain relationships and slowly educate our parents. They think I'm compromising my integrity and I think they're giving up too easily, and it's affecting our relationship with each other because we represent different strategies for dealing with family rejection.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared trauma creates divergent survival strategies that then become sources of judgment and misunderstanding between the people who should understand each other best.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Non-binary and genderqueer identity?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.