Our Story
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First Family Vacation From My Perspective
When I think about our family vacation a couple of months before I came out, I think about the amazing firsts and the wonderful sights and experiences. But I also think about the trials that our marriage went through. We put ourselves in an awkward position at a time when I was in transition limbo. …
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First Family Vacation after Brooklyn Started to Transition
The first family trip we took after Brooklyn started transitioning was in June 2023. This was 10 months after she told me she was experiencing gender dysphoria. Our oldest son was graduating from high school, and we decided to celebrate by visiting Rome and taking a cruise of the Mediterranean. We had never been overseas…
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My First Shopping Trip and Experience Out
For the winter and spring of 2023, I was starting to figure a few things out with my appearance. We purchased a few simple items to wear around the house to help me feel more comfortable. Cathy purchased some makeup for me so I could practice, and I got a fairly nice wig to help…
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Coming Out to Our Families
This is my version of the circumstances around telling people that were close to us. It will not be much different of a story but just a different perspective and I’ll try to fill in a couple of gaps. Telling family and friends is a very important step in the process of letting people into…
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Living Two Lives
In some ways during the early days, I felt like I was living two lives. There was a life at home where Brooke could be herself and the outside world where she still had to pretend to be a man. To make things a little more complicated, Brooke and I worked for the same organization.…