2 Years Ago My Facebook Post Went Viral

Here’s More of Our Backstory, and What Happened Next

A screenshot from Scary Mommy, one of the first media outlets that reported on our story going viral

Two years ago, I sat down at my kitchen table to write a letter, having no idea that letter’s message would resonate beyond my own community, let alone around the world. I had just been on a shopping trip with my (then, gender creative son — a label my child had recently picked after seeing CJ’s story, from…