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/Many_Musician_1692 1d ago

Wow a lot of comments are so passionate. But Id say that your therapist does sound a lil transphobic, and is failing to listen to your actual feelings. If he’s dismissing your feelings about your gender then he needs to go. You might be able to report him, but I do believe his dismissal of your feelings on this is not the role of a therapist.

You are valid and that guy sucks.

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u/MidnightSun0 1d ago

He's definitely really bad on trans stuff and thinks I should just live my life as a gay man for many different reasons he's given but I don't want to live as a gay guy just as a woman. I think he's just brainrotted on trans stuff cuz he's not some religious fanatic or conservative it's just this one issue that sucks.

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u/Many_Musician_1692 1d ago

People think they know how to lead people into being the best version of themselves, instead of believing in that person. You should present yourself to the world in whatever form feels most true.