Level 5, as far as my mother is concerned. Didn’t really bother telling my father since I figured I’d just get the same treatment.

She’s not out right stopping me from transitioning, though we’ll see what happens once I actually start working towards getting HRT. Still, she actively misgenders me, “proudly” calls me her son / her young man; periodically comes to me with some bullshit excuse for why I can’t possibly be trans despite pretty much not actually knowing me as a person (she stopped trying to be involved with my life aside from school or work since middle school); actively tries to guilt trip me with how worried about me she is :( and just keeps being manipulative in general. She refuses to listen to both me and my therapist and has made no efforts to change her views. I stopped engaging in discussions about the topic with her after I understood she’d just revert to her old views in a few days, no matter how much progress I thought I’d made the previous time. It happened evey time, without fail.

I don’t have the means for going no contact, but I’m actively working towards moving by myself (we got a spare apartment downstairs), and try to minimise my interactions with her. Thankfully I don’t have to worry about being kicked out, my parents made it clear multiple times that that wouldn’t happen no matter what. Despite everything they are reasonable people, so that’s not something they would do…

But the situation still kinda sucks :/