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15. Did it cause a rift in my family?
No, they act like nothing happen to me. One of my sister ask me to let it go, get over it. But it wasn't her that got fucked by a family member and had her innocence stripped away. I knew more about sex than school work; hell no it didn't cause a rift! When he left in 88 I was so glad because I had been thinking about how I was going to kill him. I haven't seen him since. He called a couple of times trying to apologize. I just didn't want to hear it hear his voice. Derrick still keep in contact with the others like that shit didn't happen. I'm the one waking up in cold sweats and screaming,shaking and Courtney my partner is the one will grab me, hold me and bring me back. So basically I feel like I was never loved by my family. They're so tight with each other and I'm not a part of it. It hurts because I decided to have a relationship with Courtney. I'm no one to them other than a carpet muncher, a dyke, a butch and all of the other things they say to try and degrade me. I'm not butch nor femme, I'm me.
16. If my family didn't support me who did?
No one, I had no one behind me for a long time. I had to deal with my feelings and actions on my own. I almost tried to commit suicide; I was so alone and just about everyone I'd ever known basically turned their backs on me; like I had the plague or something . The one organization I thought I could turn to was my sisters from the Order of the Eastern Stars(OES) oooooooh I was so wrong I was voted out the chapter. We were all young, our matron 26 at that time and we were born on the same day. That's when the last straw broke and I didn't want to live any more. I thought about my daughters and I couldn't leave them, so for a long time I had no one.
17. Was I left to cope with it on my own or did I have a support network of friends etc.?