When you grow up in religion you are taught that anything other than just the gender you were born in is the only option for right or wrong.  You are taught that it is about a man and a woman and the rest is wrong.  This is what Sue had to settle in when her child came to her about told her that they identified different then they were born.   It caused riffs in her parent/child relationship as well as in her support system around her.  She started researching what transgender really was and how she could help her child as a parent and find satisfaction in the religious world she grew up in.  After doing her research she started finding ways to support her child with some major life decisions and still be filled in her spiritual world.  Her child has now fully transitioned and is living an incredible happy life compared to where they were as a teenager.  She wants to bring awareness to others out there struggling with this identity transition.  The resourced discussed in the interview are listed below:

www.suevizcarra.com

Church  Affirming Christian Denominations (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT-af...​  Gay Church https://www.gaychurch.org/affirming-d...​  Christian Denominational Positions on Homosexuality (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...​

Social Support PFLAG http://www.pflag.org/​ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. LGBTQ Community Centers Directory http://www.lgbtcenters.org/Centers/fi...​

Advocacy / Education

Gender Spectrum

www.genderspectrum.org

National Listing of LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities

www.campusprideindex.org