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How do i convince my very stubborn mom?
(this will be kind of long, sorry) I'm 15/trans male and this past year i have found a place that makes me so happy, more so than any place that i've been to, where i really feel at home and everyone there feels like family, and that's my acting class. My mom however, is telling me this year that she refuses to sign me back up, for the reason that i "wasn't involved in school last year." (meaning that i didn't audition for the school musical due to nerves and the only club i was interested in didn't have enough people to actually start meeting that year, so therefore i wasn't in any clubs, and don't enjoy going to the football games [gsa]) It's such an important thing for me to be able to continue going to this class, think of it like how Harry Potter feels when he's at hogwarts compared to how he feels when he's with the Dursley's for the summer. (you might think that that's an exaggeration but it's actually a near identical situation) It's even more important that i'm there this year bc this will be my first year being out as transgender to my school, which is going to make this year a challenge, and at home i'm "accepted" but my gender identity is ignored, but at the acting class everybody fully accepts me and always treats me as if i was a cisgender boy, and that safe place where i'm accepted, validated and never judged is so important for me and my mental health, and my growth as an actor. (cisgender means you identify as the gender you were assigned at birth) I've tried every compromise possible, i have a carpool both ways worked out, i had decent grades last year which are guaranteed to improve this year bc i'm starting new (better) medication for my learning disability, and i even offered to start working for my dad to help pay for the cost. I've been reasonable and logical but she won't budge or even try to compromise. How can i convince her to let me stay? Please, any advice helps, thank you to anyone who replies!! (PS: do not comment on my being transgender as that is not the topic of this question.)
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You might try asking the instructor for this class to call you mother and ask her to change her mind and allow you to attend this class. IF the instructor supported by the guidance counselor were to advocate for you I believe mom would change her mind. It did with my parents when I was in High School and for me when my son wanted to join a group I didn't think he should.
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