Trans Hunter being so desperate to get his family to respect him that his initial gimmick is his attempts to show them he can be a man by their terms.
He can dress and behave how a gentleman does. He can speak how he ought to and adopt the same mannerisms his father has. Surely they'll accept him. They haven't yet, despite literal years, but surely one day soon they'll deign to watch him on tv, or put on one of the tapes he sends home, and They'll finally see him.
And then he sees shawn strutting out to the ring with heart stickers around his surgery scars and realizes that maybe, he doesn't have to follow their rules.