LGBTQI+ moms, Allys , come in ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 (mom brag incl)

I thought so too but those mama blinders can be very powerful so thank you for saying so!

Aww, that gets me all teary eyed. 
in college class (gender studies?) they kept being mis-gendered by a white cis-male because it "didn't matter, I don't get it and I don't mean anything by it" you, know all the it's to hard/all about me excuses.  They share their frustration with me and I flippantly told them to mis-pronoun him right back. 

Fast forward another class discussion and Ollie called him a she/her.  Damn, how quick it all of a sudden mattered and that kid never used the wrong pronouns again.  Funny how that works when it's now about you.

The "a bit new and unfamiliar" is because it is; the out in the open part.  "It's" always been there though, the language is just being reinvented, catching up and/or returning.  Was common and embraced in many older cultures until "civilization" came along and squashed it.  Being open to discuss and accept brings out the positivity.  The more you discuss and learn, the more clear it becomes that it's the right thing to do; embrace and  let everyone be their true selves.

The old "a rose is a rose by any other name" applies to your kid(s), too, IMO.   They are who they are at heart no matter what they are called.  Acceptance can only bring you closer as they/he/she will feel safe.  You (general) don't get the whole kid when they feel the need to hide or aren't comfortable sharing.

My "positivity" comes from the (adult) child.  Sky's the limit when your wings aren't clipped.  They amaze me.
You're welcome if anything here brings you comfort.  ((hugs))  Just sharing here helps me, too.  The more you talk the talk the easier it becomes.

ETA hope you find time to listen, there's a few good points that need to be heard.  Hope something can strike a cord in you.  It'll be ok.

Not you, too.!  I'm gonna be dehydrated soon with all the tears!

Thank you, sincerely, for the appreciation.  It means tons coming from you and other peaps. 

About a half dozen years ago, give or take (I bet you recall the story) of them taking a good 20 minutes to get in the 1/2 mile driveway after work.  At dusk the little tree frogs were hugging the dark pavement for warmth. Dozens and dozens of them.  They (and then me, too) would have to shoo them off before they would drive forward, always saving the little green guys.  I often think of that as they are now trying to save/help the rainbow kids with same common denominator: compassion.  I love this kid.  So proud, I am.

Thank you again.

Something like that. Mostly they called from work to ask that I meet them by walking and clearing the way when they had home work and school in the morning. 😂
How could I not help? Those little buggers we're so darn cute and I'd being doing same, couldn't just drive on!