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Transgender people vary greatly in choosing when, if, and how to disclose their transgender status to family, close friends, and others. The prevalence of discrimination<ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://glaadblog.org/2011/02/04/groundbreaking-report-reflects-persistent-discrimination-against-transgender-community/], ‘’[[GLAAD]]’’, USA, February 4, 2011. Retrieved on 2011-02-24.</ref> and violence<ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://www.glaad.org/page.aspx?pid=671 “Violence Toward Members of the Transgender Community”], “[[GLAAD]]”, USA. Retrieved on 2011-02-25.</ref> against the transgender community can make coming out a risky decision. Fear of retaliatory behavior, such as being removed from the parental home while underage, is a cause for transgender people to not come out to their families until they have reached adulthood. <ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://glaadblog.org/2010/02/25/sassafras-lowreys-kicked-out-anthology-shares-stories-of-lgbtq-youth-homelessness/ “Sassafras Lowrey’s Kicked Out Anthology Shares Stories of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness”], “[[GLAAD]]”, USA, February 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-25.</ref> Parental confusion and lack of acceptance of the child's transgenderism may be met with an effort to change their children back to "normal" by utilizing mental health services to alter the child's sexual orientation and what they see as a "phase".<ref name="hrc-comingout">{{citation |url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/3455.htm |title=Coming Out to Family as Transgender |publisher=[[Human Rights Campaign]] |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>

===To Family Members===

Oftentimes transgender people will come out to their families in their adulthood in fear that if they come out earlier their parents will kick them out of their homes (if they are still living with them), or take privileges away from them.<ref>Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. [http://glaadblog.org/2010/02/25/sassafras-lowreys-kicked-out-anthology-shares-stories-of-lgbtq-youth-homelessness/ “Sassafras Lowrey’s Kicked Out Anthology Shares Stories of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness”], “[[GLAAD]]”, USA, February 25, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-25.</ref> Some parents are fully aware of their child's transgenderism because of the way she or he acts as they grow up, yet there are those parents who do not understand why their children are transgender. In an effort to change their children back to "normal" they often send them to counselors to try to get them out of what they see as a "phase".<ref name="hrc-comingout">{{citation |url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/3455.htm |title=Coming Out to Family as Transgender |publisher=[[Human Rights Campaign]] |accessdate=5 December 2010}}</ref>

==See also==