Father And Daughter Come Out As Transgender, Turn To Each Other For Support On Their Journey
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Corey Maison knew she wanted to be a girl when she was 11 years old, but was scared of disapproval from her parents. Little did she know that her mother, Erica, was coming to terms with a new gender identity of her own. Four years later, they’ve become a father-daughter duo that faces every step of their unique journey with strength and pride.
Erica, now Eric, gained the courage to confront his lifelong desire to transition from female to male after watching Corey become the young woman she had always felt like inside. Just as Corey feared familial rejection at first, Eric feared what his husband and children would think. After a year of difficult conversations, testosterone therapy, and a double mastectomy, Eric feels better than ever, and has been embraced with open arms by his loving family.
Back in January, Katie Couric featured Corey and Eric’s story as part of her Gender Revolution, a National Geographic special series. “They are moving in opposite directions but toward their true selves,” she wrote of their dynamic.
Meet Corey and Eric Maison, a father and daughter navigating through their gender transitions together
Eric, formerly Erica, felt uncomfortable as a woman his whole life, and reportedly “hated being pregnant”
His daughter, Corey, was born male, and also felt trapped inside a body that wasn’t hers
4 years ago, at age 11, Corey made the brave decision to let the girl she truly was shine through…
And, well… She looks flippin’ gorgeous
Corey initially feared her parents’ disapproval, not knowing what her own mom was feeling inside
“I wanted to make my parents proud of who I am, but I thought that they would not like me”
Inspired by his daughter, Erica came out as Eric in 2016
“The first feeling was relief, the second was terror,” Eric told 60 Minutes Australia in a touching interview
“Fear for what my future would hold… fear for what the rest of my life was going to look like”
Despite his anxiety, Eric has been embraced by his family, and is now undergoing testosterone therapy
“I have five beautiful children, I have an amazing husband and an amazing life”
This inspiring ABC News report on the unstoppable mother-daughter duo will warm your heart:
As expected, some people chose to leave negative, hurtful comments about the unique family
Others, however, were just fine with the fact that it’s 2017 and people can do what they want with their lives
Have your say in the comments below!
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Hey...to each their own. If they're not hurting anyone why should we care how they live out their lives?
I found it inspirational, and so that is reason enough to post it.
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What is inspirational about it? If I decide I want to wear a Peter Pan costume to work every day, is that inspirational? This is a very confused family that doesn't need congratulations or national recognition.
"Corey Maison knew she wanted to be a girl" is not the right way to express this. She KNEW she was a girl. Simply in the wrong body. We don't choose to become the opposite gender, same as people don't choose to be gay. That's simply the way we are.
Stijn V, if you are trans, you are trans. Yes, you do choose if you are going to transition, but really it's you either act on your feelings and become who you really are or you can make people like you happy while you yourself are miserable.
Yeah I'd also much rather be "normal" and not go through surgeries, hormone therapies, more awkward situations in my life than I can even write down here. People tend to think we just wake up one day and decide to become something else but you have no idea how much pain, mentally and physically, all of this includes. There's a reason why suicide rates amongst transgender people are so high. It's not all fun and games, you know?
No, i'm trans, i would hundred times rather be "normal", but i just can't, i'm depressed if i'm not acting as what i am deep inside
Wow, both of you guys are stronger than I could ever be. Know that there are people (me being one of them) who want you to be happy and will roast the assholes along side you. I look up to all ya'll.
What does being a girl versus a boy feel like?
When you start wondering at kindergarten why all the other boys get blue plates but you get a pink one, when everyone calls you by a name you feel so horrible about because it's a girl's name, when you have to wear a school uniform you hate because you know that boys don't wear skirts, when people start calling you "Miss", when you are supposed to act like a girl because that's what everyone thinks you are, while you secretly try to find out what is wrong with you and why your entire life feels like a lie. Not to mention the problems with any intimate relationship, because the thought that someone likes a body that feels so completely wrong to you, makes it really hard to let someone close to you. And then comes the point where you have to decide if you want to put up with that for the rest of your life and lie to yourself and everyone you love or if you risk losing a lot of people to become yourself. And that's not a funny path to take.
And I am so glad that nowadays the awareness of gender dysphoria is so much higher than when I grew up, because I spent nearly fifteen years thinking I'm simply crazy and although every time I looked in the mirror it nearly made me cry, because everything looked and felt so absurdly out of place, I just have to live that life because that's how I was born. And I'm so happy for people like Eric who had to fake decades of being someone they weren't deep in side, to finally come out and be who they always were in secret.
*crickets*
Yes, Random panda. If gender is so innate like you claim, then there must be a huge difference, not just some vague feeling. What is it?
Is that a serious question?
no
Nope! It’s a “choice”. And no matter what surgeries one has done or how one changes his/her appearance, DNA cannot be changed and will tell whether that individual is a male or a female.
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I want to be a Unicorn . Does it make sense to say " I am a unicorn?"
Really not the same..... But, hey, if you want to say you're a unicorn, I won't stop you....
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umm no. It is not a girl. A boy wanted to be a girl is how it is. The logic of your statement is so ignorant. Not trying to be rude but you cant say a boy "knew she was a girl" .
YOU are the ignorant one.
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Seems a flawed logic. You don't choose you're gay but you choose who you have relations/sex with. You choose however yourself to change your body. As the only difference between girls and boys is the body. The rest is just the same although some people want to put them girls and boys in boxes
You don't really get the point. It's a matter of IDENTITY not CHOICE she didn't WANT to become a girl, she already WAS one because that's what she IDENTIFIES as. What she wanted and chose to do is to adjust her appearance, name, etc.
And to put it more simple for you, according to your example: transgender people don't choose to become the opposite gender, they choose to change their appearance, legal status, etc. Gay people don't choose to be gay, they choose to be intimate with the same sex. Clear now?
Are you transgender? If not, how can you decide how we feel?
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but the only difference is the appearance and the legal status. For the rest it's all the same.
I could not care less what other people are doong to their body, way to much of this sort topics lately. We need cats.
This site feels like Buzzfeed now
Hey...to each their own. If they're not hurting anyone why should we care how they live out their lives?
I found it inspirational, and so that is reason enough to post it.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
What is inspirational about it? If I decide I want to wear a Peter Pan costume to work every day, is that inspirational? This is a very confused family that doesn't need congratulations or national recognition.
"Corey Maison knew she wanted to be a girl" is not the right way to express this. She KNEW she was a girl. Simply in the wrong body. We don't choose to become the opposite gender, same as people don't choose to be gay. That's simply the way we are.
Stijn V, if you are trans, you are trans. Yes, you do choose if you are going to transition, but really it's you either act on your feelings and become who you really are or you can make people like you happy while you yourself are miserable.
Yeah I'd also much rather be "normal" and not go through surgeries, hormone therapies, more awkward situations in my life than I can even write down here. People tend to think we just wake up one day and decide to become something else but you have no idea how much pain, mentally and physically, all of this includes. There's a reason why suicide rates amongst transgender people are so high. It's not all fun and games, you know?
No, i'm trans, i would hundred times rather be "normal", but i just can't, i'm depressed if i'm not acting as what i am deep inside
Wow, both of you guys are stronger than I could ever be. Know that there are people (me being one of them) who want you to be happy and will roast the assholes along side you. I look up to all ya'll.
What does being a girl versus a boy feel like?
When you start wondering at kindergarten why all the other boys get blue plates but you get a pink one, when everyone calls you by a name you feel so horrible about because it's a girl's name, when you have to wear a school uniform you hate because you know that boys don't wear skirts, when people start calling you "Miss", when you are supposed to act like a girl because that's what everyone thinks you are, while you secretly try to find out what is wrong with you and why your entire life feels like a lie. Not to mention the problems with any intimate relationship, because the thought that someone likes a body that feels so completely wrong to you, makes it really hard to let someone close to you. And then comes the point where you have to decide if you want to put up with that for the rest of your life and lie to yourself and everyone you love or if you risk losing a lot of people to become yourself. And that's not a funny path to take.
And I am so glad that nowadays the awareness of gender dysphoria is so much higher than when I grew up, because I spent nearly fifteen years thinking I'm simply crazy and although every time I looked in the mirror it nearly made me cry, because everything looked and felt so absurdly out of place, I just have to live that life because that's how I was born. And I'm so happy for people like Eric who had to fake decades of being someone they weren't deep in side, to finally come out and be who they always were in secret.
*crickets*
Yes, Random panda. If gender is so innate like you claim, then there must be a huge difference, not just some vague feeling. What is it?
Is that a serious question?
no
Nope! It’s a “choice”. And no matter what surgeries one has done or how one changes his/her appearance, DNA cannot be changed and will tell whether that individual is a male or a female.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I want to be a Unicorn . Does it make sense to say " I am a unicorn?"
Really not the same..... But, hey, if you want to say you're a unicorn, I won't stop you....
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
umm no. It is not a girl. A boy wanted to be a girl is how it is. The logic of your statement is so ignorant. Not trying to be rude but you cant say a boy "knew she was a girl" .
YOU are the ignorant one.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Seems a flawed logic. You don't choose you're gay but you choose who you have relations/sex with. You choose however yourself to change your body. As the only difference between girls and boys is the body. The rest is just the same although some people want to put them girls and boys in boxes
You don't really get the point. It's a matter of IDENTITY not CHOICE she didn't WANT to become a girl, she already WAS one because that's what she IDENTIFIES as. What she wanted and chose to do is to adjust her appearance, name, etc.
And to put it more simple for you, according to your example: transgender people don't choose to become the opposite gender, they choose to change their appearance, legal status, etc. Gay people don't choose to be gay, they choose to be intimate with the same sex. Clear now?
Are you transgender? If not, how can you decide how we feel?
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
but the only difference is the appearance and the legal status. For the rest it's all the same.
I could not care less what other people are doong to their body, way to much of this sort topics lately. We need cats.
This site feels like Buzzfeed now