All of my family and some extended friends refuse to refer to me as "she". My parents especially do not even acknowledge that they are doing this, when talking to me or about me they say "he, him, his" etc.. when I correct them they just shake it off and 2 seconds later they have said "him" again. As supportive as they have been throughout my transition, this is something that upsets me greatly each day, as I feel I cannot move forwards with them while they refuse to refer to me as everything but male pronouns. I know it takes time to get used to, but what is acceptable and what is unacceptable here? I can understand if they slip up and say "...he... i mean she..." i know that is bound to happen, but they don't even try and say she, they just completely refuse to do it. It's got to the point now where I cannot bring the boy that I am seeing home because them calling me a he would probably make him run a mile!
The rest of my family are the same, and even some friends. It gets to the point where I feel like I don't even wanna speak to the people I knew "before" because even if they are saying "she", sometimes it feels like they are forcing themselves to say it because they are in my company, and if I were not around they would still refer to me as "he". I have tried talking to these people about this, I've been in floods of tears in front of my mum, so what other option is there other than to cut these people off if talking to them doesnt work??
