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Hi everyone - I just came back to tell you we had an amazing trip! Miami was great - we spent days on the beach/at the pool and nights walking up and down mid-beach and north beach. We had only one bad experience where a shopkeeper asked us to leave. She didn't come right out and say she didn't like how my child was presenting themselves, but it seemed like ie to us. Other than that, lots of smiles. The cruise was amazing. We stayed on ship at the Bahamas, but we got off in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. We explored the countryside in DR, jumped off waterfalls, wet to a tobacco farm and ate at a local roadside restaurant - all with my kiddo being themselves. On the ship, my kids made tons of friends in the teen club and made lasting friendships with teens from Germany, Spain, Italy and Brazil. On Gala night, he glammed it up and wore an amazing white sequence shrug. No one made us feel unwelcome or unsafe. So thanks for your encouragement and I guess the best part of the trip for me was remembering that so many people are good hearted and have no malice towards strangers.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and advice, I appreciate it more than you know! We leave in a week and we are getting our last bits of planning and packing done. My fabulous and kind hearted polite child is respectful of others every day. Yesterday they told me another teen at school insulted him and he said, "you are only humiliating yourself because you know nothing about fashion. I look good!" ❤️ That level of confidence is aspirational! I only wish I could be so confident. As we pack, we are planning outfits that are swim trunks and swim shorts/ he has one skirt outfit he loves and we still don't have an idea for gala night. He can't decide. But I came here to say that if he decides to wear a tux or a cocktail dress, he will be the best dressed individual in the restaurant. I hope no one thinks that he is being disrespectful of others by glamming it up. Being beautiful in your own skin and taking pride in who you are is a fundamental need for all of us. So if some people out there think that by being true to his self is somehow disrespectful, I hope they realize how harmful that thinking could be. I will come back after our trip and let you know how it went!

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Thanks for the information and encouragement. We are taking your thoughts into account and plan to stay on the ship at Nassau. Our other excursions will be extremely active/strenuous, so hopefully people will be too busy catching their breath to be judgmental. 🙂

Thanks for the encouragement, I hope so too. I teach a college class on Family Law and we talked about this last night. We talked about how we all have a responsibility to come up with solutions, so over their spring break I asked them to brainstorm how to turn the tide on this - through law, education, social media, or some other creative solution - but that it's immoral to throw up your hands and say, "there's noting I can do." I am trying to turn my anger/sadness/fear into action for safety.

HI all, Very excited about a family cruise coming up next month. We wanted to spend a few days in the sand and sun before the cruise, but I am starting to get nervous. Is Miami a safe place for trans kids? My NB 14 year old loves fashion, jewelry and designer bags. I don't want them to feel they have to tone down their fabulousness. But I am worried we might get arrested for crying out loud, or that we will be unsafe. Has anyone cruised recently with trans kids and was Florida a safe port? We are also going to Bahamas, San Jaun and Puerto Playa. Any thoughts or experiences are welcome! Thanks