What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting a Gender Non-Conforming Child

Five things every parent should do when their kid comes out

Dana DuBois
Age of Empathy
Published in
9 min readMay 22, 2023

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Pink-haired, blue-eyed non-binary child, with pink and white cat. AI image.
Non-binary child (and cat). Image created by author using https://www.fotor.com

Before I begin, I have a quick quiz for you, dear reader:

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Dana DuBois
Age of Empathy

Publisher for Pink Hair & Pronouns and Three Imaginary Girls. Boost nominator. I'm a GenX word nerd living in the PNW with a whole lot of little words to share.