My First Father-Daughter Dance: Standing Ground (#BaltimoreUprising)
Category: QUEER VOICES
Last year at this time, my then first-grader asked me to take her to the father-daughter dance at her school repeatedly, and every time, my refusal made her cry. She begged and whined, "Why, Daddy, why?" What I was too ashamed to explain last year at this time was that I was afraid around other dads because I didn't look like a dad.
By H. Adam Ackley, Ph.D., ContributorTrans suicide prevention trainer, retired college prof, licens..., 2015-05-03