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Transgender Kinship Conforming Family

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children out of their transition of gender, and many parents force the child to adhere to their birth-assigned sex, and present their gender as such.
Sibings are also affected, and often feel isolated from their transgender sibling. This can further perpetuate feelings of isolation and hopelessness in the transgender individual because of the closeness of some sibling relationships. In many cases, however, siblings can often be seen as the most supportive individual, as reported in a doctoral dissertation, TransGender Kinship: TransForming Family, written by Dianne M. Schindler:
“RELATIONSHIPS WITH COUSINS, BROTHERS, AND SISTERS WERE MUCH MORE VARIABLE AND HAD FAIRLY HIGH LEVELS OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF GENDER CATEGORIES. ONE RESPONDENT,

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