Comments on: I would be more out of the closet if… http://www.adahlshouse.com/2007/01/19/i-would-be-more-out-of-the-closet-if/ A guy who’s also the girl next door Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EricaCD http://www.adahlshouse.com/2007/01/19/i-would-be-more-out-of-the-closet-if/comment-page-1/#comment-43 EricaCD Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:19:11 +0000 http://www.adahlshouse.com/2007/01/19/i-would-be-more-out-of-the-closet-if/#comment-43 Interesting question. Many of your reasons are fairly similar to mine - though I am less concerned about the professional side. On the other hand, I would be VERY concerned about the impact on my kids. Yes, I know that many trans people are out to their children, and acceptance tends not to be an issue...but at the same time childhood is tricky enough without having to deal with the inevitable peer problems that would likely result from having a crossdressing father. The notion of crossdressing overshadowing everything else is a very interesting one...I have had thoughts that indirectly get to this point, but you have very succinctly distilled the concern. (Thanks by the way--you saved me a bunch of banal blogging trying to put my finger on this idea!) Erica Interesting question. Many of your reasons are fairly similar to mine – though I am less concerned about the professional side.

On the other hand, I would be VERY concerned about the impact on my kids. Yes, I know that many trans people are out to their children, and acceptance tends not to be an issue…but at the same time childhood is tricky enough without having to deal with the inevitable peer problems that would likely result from having a crossdressing father.

The notion of crossdressing overshadowing everything else is a very interesting one…I have had thoughts that indirectly get to this point, but you have very succinctly distilled the concern. (Thanks by the way–you saved me a bunch of banal blogging trying to put my finger on this idea!)

Erica

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