Mom Alters Tattoo to Support Transgender Son’s True Identity
Ten years ago, Steve Peace, a tattoo artist, and his wife, Lindsey, decided to pay tribute to their three children with tattoos. Each featured a portrait of their kids — Ace, Hamish, and Eliot.
Like most tattoos, the jobs were fairly simple. Ace’s, however, required a little more work.
Originally, the tattoo depicted Ace in pigtails, wearing a pink dress with a purple bow. The tattoo was completed before Ace, now 15, came out as a transgender teen.
(Photo: Facebook, Steve Peace Tattoos)
“I felt kind of different from everyone else,” Ace told Metro News. “I just didn’t get it, like what exactly was different about me. I just thought I was weird, but nothing that put me out of place or anything.”
Ace came out to his parents last New Year’s, and they have supported him since.
“We weren’t surprised,” Steve told Metro News. “As parents, you say, ‘Whatever makes you happy,’ and we’ve seen him become happier and happier as time goes on, which makes us happy.”
The years-old tattoo, however, did not make Ace happy, especially when strangers asked Lindsey about them. Explaining the little girl on her arm created an uncomfortable situation for the whole family.
For his ninth-grade graduation, Ace asked his mother to remove the tattoo. Instead, she and her husband decided to transform it. Steve replaced the pink dress and purple bow with a blue shirt, shorts, and a slingshot.
“It made me really happy. I didn’t realize how much she believed me. It finally fits,” Ace told Global News.
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