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Hi. I'm Willow, I'm a 16 year old transgender girl. My parents are transphobic and emotionally abusive.
I hate living with my parents and I was planning to move out with I’m 18, but I wanted to go on google and see if I could do it sooner.
I found out that 16 and 17 year olds can move out, but it’s complicated.
It’s totally fine if I get my parents’ permission, but that’s never happening. I could do it without my parents’ permission and run to my aunt’s house (I was thinking I would move in after I turn 18 anyway). But that also causes some problems. The government could get involved. They might have me go back home or they could let me stay. It all depends on how well I explain things (and how my family explains it). There’s also a small chance that they could charge my aunt with harboring a runaway or my parents for abuse. That probably won’t happen though as my parents aren’t abusive enough and my aunt is my aunt and I like to see her a lot anyway.
I could take it to court and plead my case and I think that could work because, in my opinion, I go through enough where it’s justified. Though the judge might not see it that way and my parents might explain things in a way that makes them seem like the good guys.
Should I go through with it? I can barely handle anymore my parents' transphobic emotional abuse and I can’t handle my body and I want to transition already and my parents won’t let me.
I’m super split on this and I could use some advice.
I hate living with my parents and I was planning to move out with I’m 18, but I wanted to go on google and see if I could do it sooner.
I found out that 16 and 17 year olds can move out, but it’s complicated.
It’s totally fine if I get my parents’ permission, but that’s never happening. I could do it without my parents’ permission and run to my aunt’s house (I was thinking I would move in after I turn 18 anyway). But that also causes some problems. The government could get involved. They might have me go back home or they could let me stay. It all depends on how well I explain things (and how my family explains it). There’s also a small chance that they could charge my aunt with harboring a runaway or my parents for abuse. That probably won’t happen though as my parents aren’t abusive enough and my aunt is my aunt and I like to see her a lot anyway.
I could take it to court and plead my case and I think that could work because, in my opinion, I go through enough where it’s justified. Though the judge might not see it that way and my parents might explain things in a way that makes them seem like the good guys.
Should I go through with it? I can barely handle anymore my parents' transphobic emotional abuse and I can’t handle my body and I want to transition already and my parents won’t let me.
I’m super split on this and I could use some advice.
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