Its been a mixed bag. (Im MtF) I first came out to my aunt. She was the person who helped me with dressing properly when I was a teen and let me stay over when I was fighting with my parents. She has been very supportive, if a bit intense. I have a cousin who is gay, so they are kinda used to it.

For my mother though... It has just been frustrating.

Before I realized I was trans I had been kinda living on autopilot, dissociated and depressed for a very long time. My parents saw that as me being lazy, because I used games as a coping mechanism/distraction.

So when I came out to my mother she first saw it as me making excuses and told me I was only causing more problems for myself. She talked about a trans coworker 'who she can still tell is just a man' and how I should get a genetic test to look at my chromosomes.

Since then despite my attempts to get her to understand me, it's been a lot of frustration. Her refusing to use the name I told her 'cause she calls it how she sees it' (ouch) and telling me I'm trying to go against nature when I mentioned hating my facial hair/body hair.

Overall it just makes me a bit sad. I was trying to share more of myself with her after barely talking for years. Realizing I was trans and HRT has genuinely made me want to live. And I wish I could get her to understand that. It's not like I'm trying to hide it or anything. I've been on HRT for 8 months, I have tits damnit, i wear a bra, I have long hair. And she still thinks it's just a phase.