I'm looking at binder recommendations because I can't use tape anymore, but I'm not sure what to get because I get extremely dysphoric around my chest - any recommendations?
Preferebly AU or NZ based
I'm a teenage trans man, and my mother found my K-tape and confronted me about binding. We've had a lot of fights around my sexuality, as I originally identified as a lesbian, but now I think I'm a trans man. I had no intent to come out, but I wasn't able to deny it.
She said that my friends are influencing me, as we are all part of the community and that I am a bad person for lying about it, as I never told them I was trans. I was gender-fluid for about a year, but after a toxic break-up, I realised I was a guy. She said, "You don’t explore gender; you are what you are."
I tried explaining that I'm just trying out new things (different name, he/him pronouns, binding, etc), but she didn't love my response. She's now being distant and snapping at everyone in my house.
Has anyone got any experiences with this?