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So I just finished reading 'love lives here' by @MavenOfMayhem. It is a beautiful very accessible book. It is the kind of book that would be a good starter for clueless cis people. Maybe the kind of book that would have helped our extended family members start to understand.
@MavenOfMayhem It is not always an easy read. Both for the hard bits and the good ones. I couldn't help little spikes of jealously popping up at descriptions of high levels of community love, understanding and support.
@MavenOfMayhem Maybe Canada's more enlightened, without the UK's hateful media. Maybe ppl are more inclined to support a family with an older trans child. Most probably the book skims some of the rejection and hate to show cis readers what reactions are expected of them.
@MavenOfMayhem Maybe the book will help set a new normal of how people are supposed to react when someone comes out as trans, or a parent supports a trans kid. I guess people are not meaning to be mean, they just have no idea how they are meant to react
@MavenOfMayhem With zero awareness & understanding, folks react with at best scepticism to a parent supporting a young trans kid. The more stories people read of the importance of supporting trans families, the more we can reset people's initial reaction from being driven by fear of the unknown
@MavenOfMayhem I know the importance of trans stories told by trans people. I share and promote trans authors. But for this book by a cis mum of a trans kid, cis wife of a trans woman, i'll make an exception. It is a story that is worth a read, with a message about leading with love.
