article_snippet: and I just continued to do traditionally 'boyish' things to try to fit in.
article_snippet: When I was 14, I learned what transgender meant and cried of happiness.
article_snippet: I immediately told my mom, and my mom reacted extremely negatively, telling me that it was a phase, that I would never truly be a girl, that God doesn't make mistakes, that I am wrong.
article_snippet: When I was 16 I realized that my parents would never come around, and that I would have to wait until I was 18 to start any sort of transitioning treatment, which absolutely broke my heart.
article_snippet: On my 16th birthday, when I didn't receive consent from my parents to start transitioning, I cried me to sleep.
article_snippet: ** you' attitude towards my parents and came out as gay at school, thinking that maybe if I eased into coming out as trans it would be less of a shock.
article_snippet: Although the reaction from my friends was positive, my parents were pissed.
article_snippet: my parents felt like I was attacking my parents image, and that I was an embarrassment to my parents.
article_snippet: my parents wanted me to be my parents perfect little straight christian boy, and that's obviously not what I wanted.
article_snippet: my parents were extremely excited to see me and talk to me, but only at first.