May 05 - The Cost of Staying Quiet When Your Trans Child Is Misgendered - 60s - Custom - 9:16 - Clip

But then it happens. A relative uses the wrong pronoun, or a teacher slips up. A neighbor says your child's old name. And in that split second, your breath catches. You hesitate. Your chest tightens. Your mind starts racing. Do I say something? Is this the right moment? What if I make it worse? And then the moment passes. Can you think of a time that this has happened? Perhaps it was a family dinner and someone said your child's old name, their dead name, and the conversation just kept going. And you felt that moment, that opening where you could have said something, but you didn't want to make it awkward. You didn't want to embarrass your child. You didn't want to start a conversation you weren't ready to manage, so you let it go.