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Belafon1/14/2020 9:15:11 pm PST

I found out today how opening up about our family can help others.

My two oldest sons are gay. My oldest came out his freshman year, and it eventually made its way onto Facebook (the only person I was truly worried about reacting wrong was my mom). So, it’s fairly common knowledge.

Yesterday, one of families we made friends with after I got out of the Navy all those years ago, who these days we tend to only keep in contact through Facebook, announced that one of their children is transitioning to a woman. Being Texas, you could tell the mom was worried about the push back based on her post, but I think the family decided it was time to come out. Happily, everyone in the replies was really supportive.

I found out from my wife that the mom had contacted her back in October. Because we had dealt with a son coming out as gay - which actually amounted to not having to deal with anything - she was asking for help. I’m not sure what my wife said, but I suspect it went along the lines of that we would be there if they needed us.

I’m glad it seems to be working out so far.