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Stories with keyword: acceptance

You Don’t Know Jack

Kurt’s father, Jack, left the family when Kurt was just a toddler, and ever since there’s been a shroud of mystery and menace around the man — his mother implies that he was dangerous, and affected by paranoid schizophrenia, and … Continue reading →

Keywords absent, acceptance, barking, bird shit, birds, Boston, brother, Burlington, creepy, dog, father, filth, Florida, forgiveness, hospital, institution, Jack, Live, Massachusetts, mental illness, paranoid schizophrenia, reunion, son, Sybil, Vermont

Face to Face

Hallie adores her grandmother; they’ve been close all Hallie’s life, and the way Hallie’s witnessed her grandmother’s extroversion, generosity and kindness has shaped Hallie into who she is. But Hallie is also aware that her grandmother has some very ingrained, … Continue reading →

Keywords acceptance, black, Christian, conservative, family, gays, grandma, grandmother, homophobic, Jonathan, Kansas City, lesbian, Live, love, Maureen, MIssouri, moon, racism, racist, Rent, same-sex, sex, sex scene, sexual content, tour, touring, understudy, values

He’s My Daughter Now

Justin’s son Joey loved to dress up in skirts and jewelry as early as age 2. He asked when his penis would go away, and whether he could “crawl back into mommy’s tummy and come out a girl.” Justin and … Continue reading →

Keywords acceptance, accidents, boy, child, dad, dancing, dress up, dysphoria, father, feminine, gender, gender identity, girl, kindergarten, listen, listening, Live, masculine, Minneapolis, name change, parenting, poop, pride, self-harm, self-hatred, self-loathing, shit, skirt, son, spitting, tantrums, trans, transgender

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