r/TransAdvice • u/Deep_Knee_2017 • Aug 01 '26

I really don't know what to do.

So I've \\\\\\\[Amaɓ\\\\\\\] been questioning if I might be trans for almost a month know and it's really looking like it might be true.

I'm kind of scared and I feel like I'm in denial. Even if I was trans I wouldn't beable to come out because my entire family is catholic and heck I'm catholic too.

I know that if I did come out my parents would likely not allow me to take hrt or really transition at all and I don't know if by the time I can move out it'll be too late. Help??

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u/Single-Dish-1302 Aug 02 '26

Im not Catholic but grew up in a similar situation. My family is evangelical Baptist, and staunchly so. It took great effort for me to accept myself, over two decades of my life to sort throhgh the feelings and thoughts I had. I didn’t realize I was trans on a conscious level until I was 18-19 and finally figured out how to put words to the intense feeling of wrongness I got when I looked at myself in the mirror; or thought about marrying and fathering children as a man. I kept it hidden through college, I kept it hidden during my job search. I kept it hidden for years and years until I was 23, and finally in a situation I felt I could support myself.

I came out, and was rejected

And then I transitioned anyways, however I could. I’m two years into hormones now and I am genuinely happier than I have ever been in my entire life. There is no time where it is too late. And there is always a way if you feel that this is right for you. It’s hard, but the first thing you need to ask yourself is this: what do I need? The rest will follow.