My mom was shocked, confused, and denied it til I told her she was wrong and I know myself way better than she did. My dad was shocked, confused, and hurt. He always looked up to me as his son that would continue the family name, have a wife and kids, and pass things down to them. He felt rather betrayed and really didn't like hearing it nor supports it. He still supports me in other ways, but emotionally we have totally lost each other and he refuses to acknowledge me as the woman I am. My brother has mixed feelings, mostly due to influence from his friends I'd believe. He kinda "knew" about me without really knowing. It's hard to explain, like he knew but didn't want it to be true. When I told him, he snapped and has been calling me names such as "->-bleeped-<-got" and other offensive terms and keeps blaming me saying he needs to see a therapist to help him get passed this trauma I've put upon him.
Bad stuff aside, My girlfriend has been very supportive of me ever since way back when we were just friends. We'd been friends for a long while and I felt comfortable telling her everything about me from the start, it was quite surprising because I was never really all the comfortable or open talking about it but she was just so accepting and interested, and best of all, even after seeing my face and hearing my voice, she saw me as the woman I am. I've always had her acknowledgement and full support and she continues giving such. I've told many friends as well who have taken it fairly well, none have shunned me, treated me badly, or anything of the sort and they treat me as I wished to be treated. A lot were rather confused at first asking questions like "How do you know?" and trying to comprehend it all, but after that, they were quite accepting saying something like that isn't gonna change their view of me as a person.
