"This is Jeff"
Coming out letter to parent from a young non-binary teen (image below the cut):
"This is Jeff (hullo). He's been with me for about four years now, the poor sod. You see, with all this talk about 'gender this, gender that', every time I stopped to ponder it, it did my nut in. So, like many other headache-causing thoughts, I kinda left it be, right next to the dusty corner of my brain home to most philosophical puzzlings. PTO.
But at one point I decided to give Jeff a go. Before I even knew of other Jeffs around the world. And what can I say? Sometimes its a Jeff day, sometimes not. He's a nice chap 'n' all, but sometimes it simply is not a Jeff day or week. Anyway, Lord knows what this makes me but I thought this fella deserved some kudos. Jeff says hi.
~ Don't mind being a girl tho! ~ Still your daughter! I know money is tight and all this is undoubtedly a surprise (though it could be just as easily argued the opposite - I've always been... I dunno. A bit of a gender hazy kid?)
- Replacement - a 'Jeff II' perhaps, so to speak?
And you may marvel at my ingenuity. But though Jeff has been with me for a while (not previously named, however), he has seen many iterations. And though he has been ever so helpful, he never really did sign up for this and is looking fondly at the future: retiring back into a pair of socks.
Jeff says bye."
Shared with direct permission, hoping to be of some help and support to other young 'gender hazy' kids.
