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Well, after about a month of planning and months of research, I have finally decided to tell my mom on the way I truly feel. The day I have chosen to tell her is Monday June 13th. It has taken me a long time but I am finally ready to tell my mom about this. It has been very hard to keep this from my mom since we almost talk about everything and joke around a lot. My original plan was to tell her on June 20th, but i could't stand to keep this a secret any longer and hearing that my uncle was coming, I knew that it would be too late since he is almost a stranger to my entire family. I am not to worried about my mom understanding, I am more worried about her reaction. I don't think it will be that bad since she is very open minded in allowing me to dye my hair and letting me have long hair. What is really troubling me is how I am going to possibly tell my dad. Even though my parents live together, I am not really sure how opened minded he really is. Talking about sex and gender oriented issues makes my dad extremely uncomfortable. I have absolutely no idea how my grandma will react when I tell her. My grandma is very liberal and yet very conservative, but then again, she dyed my hair :-)... My little brother is only 10 yrs old, and he loves me very much even though we fight a lot, so I know that he would probably be the last one told because he is always in his own little world. What I do know for sure that my mom will help me in telling my dad and grandma. Since I am only 15 years old, I know that my mom will be a little skeptical about the fact that I want to become female. I had tried to tell my mom about a month ago, but half way through the conversation, I realized that I was not ready to tell her at all. I just hope that everything goes well, wish me luck.

-Joshua

Trans Jew Anthology: Call for Submissions

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(Please note: I am not affiliated with the anthology, I'mjust passing on the information)

Trans Jew Anthology: Call for Submissions

SUMMARY: Trans Jews Anthology (working title) submissions are requested, consisting of Trans Jew's personal experiences (includes SOFFA's), and religious materials of relevance to Trans Jews. The readers will be informed popular audiences, academics, and religious professionals. Intended publication is simultaneously in English and Hebrew. The publication may be in paper, web, or web-only format.

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Remember TSC?

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Does anyone know what happened to the True Spirit conference, or the American Boyz? AmBoyz was a transguy organization, True Spirit was a fantastic yearly conference in DC they used to put together. Both appear to have spontaneously dissolved and nobody seems to know what happened.