this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
33 points (100.0% liked)

Nonbinary

1021 readers
1 users here now

An inclusive place for members of all stripes that don't fit into our culture's binary categories of gender.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
AnimalPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Cyb3rSh0nker@lemmy.blahaj.zone
33
Resources for parenting a nonbinary teen? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Nemo@slrpnk.net to c/nonbinary@lemmy.blahaj.zone
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

My teen has been leaning nonbinary through adolescence and recently came out explicitly to my spouse and I. We've always been allies and queer-affirming, but my spouse seems to be struggling with having a child who is not cis — not opposed, just lost. And I have to acknowledge that I am probably ignorant of the issues a young nonbinary person might face.

I don't want to just be "good enough". I want to be supportive to my child. Are there any good resources for parents in this situation? Places to read about the struggles and experiences they are going to face?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some are bigender and some are agender.

Thank you for this note. They seem to have a good sense of their own gender, it just doesn't match to "male" or "female" for them. I'll take your suggestion to be curious and ask instead of supposing, though.