…for family to accept you no matter what?
My family believes that I’m just some nieve 18 year old that doesn’t know what they want in life…they say I have a long road ahead of me and I can’t be deciding now who I really am.
Let me explain:
I recently came out to my family that I am a genderfluid female that prefers male pronouns. My real name is Hannah, but I’d rather be named Oliver. I’m pansexual (they already knew this) and I have a female preference. I decided to finally tell my entire family who I am after struggling with it for so long…and what was the result?
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You need to get a life.”
“This is just because your father was never in your life.”
“You need to stop pretending you’re something that you’re not…you’re Hannah, not Oliver. You never will be Oliver.”
Most of these came from the mouth of my very own grandmother. And I’ve been dealing with this being said to me for weeks now. It makes me regret ever coming out, and makes me feel horrible. It was so bad, my mom and I weren’t even invited to the Easter party they hold every year. I only had one person back me up, and that’s the aunt that’s been out of my life for 17 years. She just recently came back due to drama of my father going to jail. But she’s the only person other than my boyfriend supports me….
How do I either get over it…or make them accept me?
