My daughter came out as trans and my husband and I are both trying to be supportive, but we're from a culture where this isn't talked about and we're struggling differently — I'm researching everything frantically while he's barely speaking, and she's caught between our different ways of processing this.
More people experience this than they realize.
Love and fear can inhabit the same gesture, especially when cultural frameworks offer no map for the territory you're crossing together.
“Where Are You with Gender and Love Across Cultures?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.