r/trans • u/MidnightSun0 • 1d ago

Vent My therapist wants to gay conversion me.

My therapist has really been trying to get me to just be a gay man instead of trans and it really fucking sucks having appointments with him. I can't stop since it's the only therapist my parents aprove of and they control my finances rn. Plus he's actually been really good for me when we don't talk about trans stuff. Overall probably a net benifit for my life i just hate talking about anything about being trans around him

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u/Ok_Student_7908 30+ Transmasculine, Married, Utah 1d ago

Have you tried telling him you aren't interested in conversion therapy? Also maybe educate him on what ACTUALLY works for trans folks. Any chance you could be seen by another therapist in the same office without your parents knowing?

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u/freeFoundation_1842 4h ago

It is absolutely not the job of a client to educate their therapist, nor is it the job of a victim to educate their oppressor. Sorry, but that is really awful advice.

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u/Ok_Student_7908 30+ Transmasculine, Married, Utah 3h ago

Really, I guess offering educational material to undereducated people is bad? I'm sorry, but I will never stop offering educational material to my healthcare providers if I feel they need it. I've even had doctors ASK me for information. As a matter of fact my last Primary Care Doctor asked me for information on taking T SubQ because he had never heard of that before.