I'm not personally trans, but I have a couple trans friends IRL. I support you all and hope you're able to be yourself and live the life you deserve to live! <3 Nobody else can put you in a box and tell you who to be or how to live.

My two cents on "you don't need anything to prove yourself/you don't need to transition to be trans" -- while that's technically true, I think a lot of environmental and cultural aspects play a role so it's not as simple as that. For me, it's less about proving myself and more about creating a body that I'm able to live in, because right now I'd almost rather die I find it hard to inhabit my current body, especially with how other people treat me based on how I look. I do feel like I need to prove to myself that I'm a man somehow, while also accepting the parts I can't change. If that makes sense?

And on the parental thing, I don't plan to disown any family but I'm sure a number of them will disown me. I'll always leave that door open for them to come back though. I waited until I was financially independent before coming out as queer (officially I'm still a butch lesbian) and I'm glad I did, because my mother didn't take it well and has halfway disowned me for it. I expect her to stop talking to me when I say I'm trans (we have a lot of problems though; she's also disowned by cisgender hetero brothers because she doesn't agree with their choices).

@Tuijp: how is it any of their business how you manage your relationship with your family? :|

@Eruca: I believe it was just a warning of how things might go wrong when you tell your family. Some people might be too young or inexperienced to expect that kind of consequence. Nobody wants more homeless kids on the streets. From my view the intention was not really being nosy, just advising caution from a person who cares and maybe has some personal experience on the issue. In my opinion it is still on topic.