, Julie and Daniel immediately began looking for a counselor."I knew deep down Ella was transgender, but talking with the counselor helped me feel better about saying it out loud," Julie explained."I knew talking to someone would help my husband as well. She told us that we needed to let Ella lead and that the sooner we did the social transition, the better it would be for her mental well-being.
After working with their therapist, Julie and Daniel felt equipped to help Ella."After our joint session, my husband started privately looking at, and I caught him," she said."It was huge and his first realization that we had a transgender daughter. He was fully on board with supporting her." Although Ella hadn't formally used she/her pronouns in school before the COVID-19 outbreak, her classmates were very accepting of her expressing gender through clothes."We did end up letting her wear whatever she wanted to school in the middle of the year, but did not change name or pronouns yet," Julie shared."The first week that she wore full-on feminine clothing, she got questions from a few kids, but overall her experience went well.
To officially celebrate Ella embracing her true identity, Julie staged a gender-reveal photo shoot. She enlisted the help of, and the family took photos they hope Ella will cherish for years to come.
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