However, after talking to a counselor at the Gender Identity Project and coming home to find Eddie in tears over being “a freak”, Sylvia has a moment of acceptance and tells Eddie that they need to get him waterproof mascara.
But when Sylvia spoke with a counselor at the Gender Identity Project and found Eddie sobbing because he felt like an outsider, she had a change of heart and told Eddie that they needed to get him waterproof mascara.