By Shakira Paige, Rise Magazine, August 5, 2022
My 11-year-old daughter came out to me about a year ago. She sent me a text message that said: “Mom, I’m bi.” She was home in the bathroom when she sent it. I believe she was shy to tell me to my face because she thought she was going to get a bad reaction from me.
I texted back, “Okay—I know already.”
When she asked me how I knew, I said I knew since she was four that she would be different from my older daughter, who was more stereotypically “girly”. When she went to daycare, she would pee in dresses, but when I put any type of pants on her, she wouldn’t. Plus she was just into doing anything boys typically did, not girls. She broke dolls’ heads off and played with cars—so it wasn’t surprising news to me when she came out.
Since she told me that she’s bi, she feels so free and has just been comfortable in her own skin. She is not scared or shy—she is going with a girl to prom and she is so happy about it. I see how happy she is and I’m a proud mom. No matter who feels any type of way, I love her. I would rather my child be alive than harm herself because I didn’t care about what she needed.
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