Raphael and Gustavo share their daily adventures with over 24,000 followers on Instagram.
General Transition with the Batista Family
A sense of unease they found a solution to. It all began in 2019 when a 4-year-old girl shared her feelings of discomfort with her mother, expressing a desire to start a gender transition. Despite her young age, the mother made it a point to listen to her and sought appropriate health professionals.
This determination ultimately led her to initiate her own gender transition five years later.
Now, mother and daughter are a father and son. A family unlike any other that has decided to share their daily life and experiences on Instagram. Followers are fascinated, many eager to understand how and why father and son have come to this point today.
Raphael and Gustavo Stand with the Trans Community
Being on social media comes with its share of criticism. Some users have expressed concerns about the influence of young Gustavo on his father’s decisions and vice versa. However, Raphael disagrees with this notion, revealing that he has long struggled with gender dysphoria. This term is defined by the MSD Manual as: “discomfort or distress related to an incongruence between an individual’s gender identity and the sex assigned at birth”.
On the other hand, their followers consistently praise the courage of father and son. Over the years, Raphael and Gustavo have built a supportive community and are advocating for the rights of transgender individuals.
Among their advocacy efforts, Démotivateur highlights their fight against the use of “deadnames”, which is the term used by transgender individuals to refer to the name assigned to them at birth.
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