*Starts spewing out random scenarios* I read this in a book once: Try to start a nice debate, and when it turns to yelling, say something like "I can't continue living like this, if you can't accept me for me, I'm better off without you," then go to your room, shut the door, and pretend to sleep. Then, later at night, write a pithy little note, like "It's your turn to choose. " and go stay at a close friends/cousins/whoevers place until they call you. */random scenario* It worked fine for the protagonist. :D (What I'm getting at, is that you might try to set up something, in where they are forced to choose, whether they're going to accept you for who you are, or not)