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When family identity conflicts require choosing sides

My teenager came out as trans and wants to change their name but my parents are refusing to use it and family dinners have become battlegrounds and I don't know how to bridge this without betraying either side.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love becomes complicated when accepting one family member's truth requires others to abandon beliefs that have organized their understanding of reality and relationship.

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