Reply #32: Actually, that's part of why I did the CRS thing.

[enlightenment]

He has "moved on" from using the FtM or even simply transgendered label and sees himself simply as a male. I'm always running about 10 steps behind him in this process - trying to catch up to where he's at in the process!

As for support; this is my child - I don't care about the package, the person inside is the same human I carried, gave birth to, and raised. This was important to him and he is happy. I know a few of his friends who are also changing gender do not have much support from their families, but most of them do. It took a little while to get my head around it and there is an element of sadness that I doubt will ever really ease for me - this is my only child, so in a way I've lost my daughter and gained a grown son. That's cool - but it's hard for me to look at pictures of this child growing up, because I don't have that daughter any more and I don't have any pictures of my son as a child.

And I say that, despite what I said first - that I don't care about the package. It's very hard to explain - I'm not doing a good job.

eh! Suffice to say, I've got a pretty cool kid and I'm a lucky mom!