My parents are amazing.
They did exactly what they were supposed to do.
They loved me no matter what.
That's what all they're supposed to do.
When I came out to them, that's all they did.
They just loved me no matter what.
They were confused.
Yeah, they were awesome.
This is what I did.
I wrote them a very long letter
and I gave it to them on Easter.
I don't know why I decided Easter.
I don't know.
Jesus is risen.
I'm trans.
I don't know.
It kind of goes together.
I don't know.
My mother's in her 70s.
Now, she is someone who,
I'm not sure what it is about women of that age.
They find it comfortable to wear underwear
that comes up to, well, about * here.
What is that?
And they're like that silky soft material.
You know what I'm talking about?
Have you ever accidentally been doing laundry
at your parents' house?
I was doing laundry at my parents' house.
I was home to visit.
And I had to do some laundry
and I was folding some of my mother's delicates.
I don't even know if you can call them that.
And I had one of those.
I lost myself for just a second
because it was so soft.
It was like the top of the blanket,
your baby blanket, that kind of soft.
And I just had that moment of like,
oh my God, that's so,
and I almost, I didn't.
I almost.
I don't know what it is.
They come up to here.
What do you do with a boo?
Boobs.
I don't know.
Just like, is it a onesie?
You just put the boobs in there?
I don't, I don't know.
She's awesome though.
She, by accident and not maliciously,
sometimes calls me by my birth name,
which is fine.
She's grandfathered.
It's fine.
I don't care.
You know, she's one of those people.
She gave me my name.
I don't, it's not malicious.
It's really not.
She's not misgendering me.
She's not trying to be mean or anything like that.
She just forgets sometimes.
She's 77.
So sometimes we're at our,
we're out in public.
We were at a store.
This happened.
We were at a store and I was down the aisle.
She was at the register and she's like,
Janet, come here.
And I come running up.
And I'm like, yeah, mom.
And I saw what happened.
The woman at the register was like,
and I realized what happened.
I said, mom, you got to stop talking like that.
Are they going to put me in jail?
They're going to put you in a home.
My dad, very quiet guy, shy guy.
He's one of those guys that in high school,
he was so quiet that my friends would come over
and they'd be like, I don't think your dad likes me.
I'm like, I don't think he likes me either.
Let's get out of here.
Just so quiet.
But both of my parents have had to deal
with a lot of information.
If you know what I'm saying, a lot.
Between me and my queerness, my gay brother,
and just, like, it's just,
I have two brothers and a sister,
and we're all very eclectic,
and it's one of those things that, like,
I don't know, we're very, like, every family,
very diverse, and my parents have had to deal
with a lot of information, if you know what I'm saying.
The latest information
is that my dad was diagnosed
with prostate cancer and Parkinson's
at the same time.
Don't worry, he's going to be fine.
I know, I know, everybody gets worried.
But here's what I did.
I went on the Google, I started researching it.
He got treatment for prostate cancer.
He's going to be fine.
But, do you guys know this?
Gay guys get prostate cancer way less than straight guys.
Did you guys know that?
Yeah, because the kind of *** they like to have,
it massages the prostate.
And I can't help but think that this whole thing
with my dad could have been avoided.
This whole thing could have been nipped in the butt.
Uh...
I see there's some happy, healthy faces out there.
That's right, yeah.
Some guys out there are going,
that's right, bitch, I'm cancer-free.
That's right.
I'm the youngest of the family,
so I am the most annoyingly positive
kid in the family.
And I always force my parents
into talking about things that they do not want to talk about.
I make them talk about issues
and family issues and social issues.
And I also make my dad talk about his health issues.
And I was asking him,
checking in about his Parkinson's
and asking him if he could notice the symptoms
and what did he notice and how did he feel.
And we talked about his balance
and his speech and his tremors.
And so one of the things I asked him,
I said, if there is an upside,
because I'm so annoying,
if there's an upside to Parkinson's,
what do you think that it would be?
And he's like, I don't know.
And I'm like, come on, you've got to think of something.
Like, just think of something.
And he's like, I don't know.
And I said, wait, wait, wait, I think I know what it must be.
And he said, what?
And I said, I think this is it.
He said, you know what?
You're right, it's way easier.
He loves that joke.
Don't worry, he loves that joke.