Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It was late June 2015 when I asked my mom a question that carried much more weight than she perhaps realized at the time. Bearing the dual burdens of gender dysphoria and the closet, I asked her what she thought of Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, which had been revealed just days earlier. I had been struggling with whether I should transition, which would undoubtedly blow up my relatively comfortable life. I had no idea how my family would react to my coming out — growing up, LGBTQ issues weren’t discussed at the dinner tab...