She stares into her mug of tea. “I feel like I’ve lost my son.” “Mom, you never had a son.” Mom seems to crumple. “We tried so hard, Danny. Is it something I did wrong?” “Jesus, no! Mom, it’s nobody’s fault. It’s not a bad thing.” “Are you sure? I just…it’s going to be so hard for you. I think of what…trans?…transgendered people go through, and I don’t want that for you. I’m scared of what will happen to you, Danny.” “Mom, that stuff doesn’t matter,” I say. She doesn’t look like she believes me. I need a way to make her understand. “If it happens or not, whatever it is I’ll live with it. What
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