My family tends to be sprinkled throughout the different levels. My wife, grandmother and son, easily number 1 in support of my transition and identity.
Many of my cousins I grew up with are level 2.
Father and stepmother are level 5 - possibly level 6 when I was a child - still figuring that one out as new traumas surface.
Everyone else hovers around 3 - 5.
Just remember, I’ll always be a level 1 for you ❤️
Level 1: completely supportive
Level 2: mostly supportive but lacking some knowledge, or some transmedicalist attitudes due to ignorance, not malignancy
Level 3: neutral, not supportive but not opposing either, or “supportive” transmedicalist
Level 4: leaning oppose, but no forceful interventions, or refuse to gende you correctly but used neutral pronouns
Level 5: misgendering, not accepting you as their daughter or son, but still pretend to be “loving” misgendered you
Level 6: disowning or physically beating or etc, most extreme measures
(Stolen, with love, from the user Cormier643 on Reddit. Felt like this was a great way to get discussions going again ❤️)
-Olivia ✌🏻
I came out just over 7 years ago, so people have had quite a bit of time to adapt.
My mother started at 2. Now she’s 1 in intent, but 1.5 in practice.
My kiddo started at 2, but has since gone through their own journey of queer self discovery, and is now a loud and proud 1.
My ex (the kiddo’s other mother) and I were broken up for many years before I came out. We don’t get on, but even so, she was instantly supportive of my transition and remains so to this day. She started at a strong 1 and is still a 1.
My grandmother, who was in her late 90s when I came out started at a 2. She has since passed away.
Other than that, I don’t have much family in my life. My father passed before I transitioned, and aside from funerals, I don’t interact with my cousins or aunts and uncles. If I had to rate them as a group, there somewhere between 3 and 4, but I don’t really know, because I basically have no interaction with them.