Not sure if this goes here or in the Transgender area.
Taking the risk sticking it here.
Dear Erin,
I wish you the best in what ever is occurring in your life.
I hope your finding happiness and doing well.
I have greatly loved your comic strip and am greatly appreciate of it for how it helped me when i was at my worst.
I came out to my parents as transgender when I was 12.
I endured 15 years of abuse and torment after cause of it.
Their result was to have me drugged and locked in mental institutions to fix me to stay male.
When this didn't work they turned to trying to convince me to commit suicide rather then transition.
Though I had tried many times I never succeeded.
I had tried many times to stand up tomy parents and demand them to let me be me.
But I always ended up backing down and trying to commit suicide as a result.
After reading this comic I felt a sense of hope and belief that I could finally face my parents and win.
After reading this comic strip I made another attempt to fight my parents.
This time I refused to back down.
I faced them and stood my ground against their words and their actions.
Despite more pushes for me to just kill myself I just took everything they said and walked away saying i was doing it.
Three monthes later I started hormones.
Three monthes after that a therapist.
For the first time I began to have self confidence and moved away despite their protests.
Your comic strip didnt make me decide that i was transgender.
I had known that my whole life.
Your comic gave me the inspiration and strength to fight against the prejudice that I had been allowing to hold me back.
For this I thank you.
For this I will never forget you or your comic that so changed my life.
Cause I know without a doubt that if I hadn't ever found the strength to face my parents and stop their abuse I would have been dead by now.
I am hoping that you will continue this wonderful story and hopefully give strength to others who are scared and needing someone to look to as a hero or role model even a fictitious one to give them the strength they need to face the challenges ahead.
If not then I will keep the beauty and strength of this story alive in my heart and cry sorrowfully at the ending of something so precious.
Sincerely,
Tygari Katarana D.
Taking the risk sticking it here.
Dear Erin,
I wish you the best in what ever is occurring in your life.
I hope your finding happiness and doing well.
I have greatly loved your comic strip and am greatly appreciate of it for how it helped me when i was at my worst.
I came out to my parents as transgender when I was 12.
I endured 15 years of abuse and torment after cause of it.
Their result was to have me drugged and locked in mental institutions to fix me to stay male.
When this didn't work they turned to trying to convince me to commit suicide rather then transition.
Though I had tried many times I never succeeded.
I had tried many times to stand up tomy parents and demand them to let me be me.
But I always ended up backing down and trying to commit suicide as a result.
After reading this comic I felt a sense of hope and belief that I could finally face my parents and win.
After reading this comic strip I made another attempt to fight my parents.
This time I refused to back down.
I faced them and stood my ground against their words and their actions.
Despite more pushes for me to just kill myself I just took everything they said and walked away saying i was doing it.
Three monthes later I started hormones.
Three monthes after that a therapist.
For the first time I began to have self confidence and moved away despite their protests.
Your comic strip didnt make me decide that i was transgender.
I had known that my whole life.
Your comic gave me the inspiration and strength to fight against the prejudice that I had been allowing to hold me back.
For this I thank you.
For this I will never forget you or your comic that so changed my life.
Cause I know without a doubt that if I hadn't ever found the strength to face my parents and stop their abuse I would have been dead by now.
I am hoping that you will continue this wonderful story and hopefully give strength to others who are scared and needing someone to look to as a hero or role model even a fictitious one to give them the strength they need to face the challenges ahead.
If not then I will keep the beauty and strength of this story alive in my heart and cry sorrowfully at the ending of something so precious.
Sincerely,
Tygari Katarana D.
