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How family expectations complicate gender transition

I finally saved enough for top surgery and my surgery date is in two months, but my grandmother is dying and she keeps talking about wanting to see me 'as God made me' one last time.

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He's navigating the collision between personal authenticity and family grief, questioning whether delayed self-realization is a form of love or self-betrayal.

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