I get lots of nasty comments on my social media content, but sometimes they honestly make me think.

First of all - RUDE, Norma!

Second, this comment actually has a couple of very interesting layers.

At one time, I also used the word "weird" for something that I felt pushed the boundaries of what I thought was appropriate or the norm. And that was my judgement of other people and behaviors.

But having trans children, learning more about the LGBTQ+ and transgender communities, and becoming friends with those individuals taught me that what I used to call weird was just unfamiliar to me. It was new.

And I had to work to understand. Sometimes I was uncomfortable challenging my assumptions and relearning what I thought I knew.

So, maybe what Norma calls weird is just unfamiliar to her. And she doesn't want to be uncomfortable by learning, so she pushes it away and just calls it weird.

But she says she doesn't want her children to be weird or queer. Welp, kids will be queer whether you want them to be or not.

So if Norma ends up having queer kids, will she still avoid the discomfort of learning about them - and push them away and call them weird?

What on earth do you think that will do to them?

Rejecting your kid for being queer - now THAT is weird.

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It's time to let go of the weird!

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