Hi handsomejack...and welcome to PC!

At least you are finding out now. Even I knew at a very very young age...like 45 yeas ago and have been trying to hide it forever and over compensating to be the sex I am birn as.

This is all about you...not you and your father. He's just another person in the grand scale of things that will soon just be a phone number away. He will either love you or reject you. Big deal...that's his choice to be all he can be.

You have a difficulty to live with, not him. He just has an opinion, and you know how much they are worth. I can understand timing, but what has helped me is doing some of the things that helped relax me feel freerer like exfoliating, trying different nail polishes, little things....but the biggest thing that I've done is build a transitioning plan- if anything a goal to correct what is wrong. That in itself has made me feel better.

I hope it helps you, too.