"...how do I stand up for myself if I will lose my home?"
This is just one example of a young person too terrified to stand up for herself as a young transgender woman - in her own home.
One example of how we let the bigots win by terrorizing us into silence and compliance with their will and their way.
Too many of our young people live in an environment where they have to hide their sexuality or their gender identity from their parents, friends and family. So many of them have such a hard time dealing with it themselves - and to then still have to face the trauma of coming out - at which point they risk facing what has come to be called 'the war at home'.
Some of us are lucky enough to have loving, caring parents who comfort, accept and nurture us - but not so many of us are that fortunate.
