Has anyone else watched all of Joss Whedon's "Firefly" and following "Serenity" and lifted their arms to the heavens and cried "WHHHYYYYYYYYY???!!!" At the top of their lungs?

Good, me neither....

But I have wondered in a very exasperated way, considering it was a good show and the DVD sales were reported to be pretty decent. And Hell, we've got all kinds of shows out there that get so much money put into them for "reality" TV that, news flash, ain't reality. And they suck. So what the heck happened on the journey from the brain-pan of Mr. Whedon and my happily viewing eyes?

Anyway, enough of that.

I need some advice if it can be given; My dad is really homophobic. He also is very...ah, shall we say, self-denying? He has it in his mind that myself and my sisters are going to just stay kids---stay GIRLS---forever, and oh what a shock he'll get one way or the other, right? So, I've had it in my brain-pan to tell him something along the lines of "Dad? I'm transgendered." But he's also a bit clueless, so I need to oversimplify. Add to this the fact that my mom is still in denial, so there's no POSSIBLE chance of a snowball's nightmare in hell ending quick that I can EVER expect any sort of help from that corner and if I come off as being slightly bitter and a whole lot hurt about that, it's cause I am. :D

So.

Any ideas on how to tell a jerk that I'm something he can hate?

"You're like a trained ape!!....WITHOUT the training!!!! O.O"---Simon, "Firefly"