That Explanation Is A Critical Success
My sister is transgender. My dad tries his darndest to be supportive of this (and, as far as my sister is concerned, that IS support in its own right), but is very up-front about his lack of knowledge on this front… and has a horrible tendency to run into a**holes when he goes looking for said knowledge, which has made him hesitant to do his own research.
He also happens to be a devoted D&D-er who plays his character with an aversion to magic, and occasionally tells us stories about his games. This conversation happened when my sister was considering gender affirmation surgery.
Dad: “Can you explain it in a way that I would understand?”
Sister: “Actually, I can. Basically, I’m going to remove a cursed item.”
Dad: “…Huh?”
Sister: “You once told us about “cursed items” – they suck at best, they’re harmful more often than not, and if you put them on before you realize that, you can’t get rid of them. Well, [Dad’s Character] can’t get rid of them, because he doesn’t have magic, so he has to go and find a cleric before he can take it off and throw it away. Right?”
Dad: “That sounds like the rough notes, yeah.”
Sister: “Well, I’m stuck wearing a cursed item, and I’m going to see the clerics at [Local Hospital] to help me take it off.”
The next morning, our planning calendar in the kitchen had a date marked with “[Sister] visits the clerics” on it.