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Hey transes who didnt know you were trans as a kid: how'd you figure it out? I've known my whole damn life so I'm really interested in what enabled you to do that work.
context: I knew I wanted to be a girl at least as young as four. I knew transvestism was a thing, so I mostly just called myself a crossdresser for ages and ages and ages. discovered transgenderism in middle school, immediately glommed onto it. went through years where I said
i was or wasnt trans depending on my mood but i always knew that if i had the opportunity i'd transition in a fucking heartbeat.
so for me it was a question of "whats the best way to label this feeling i have that i'd REALLY much rather be a girl in a huge way that dominates my thinking basically constantly?"
ok to RT?
....why on earth wouldnt it be?
I realized that you could be trans if you had always always wanted to be & shd be a girl rather than feeling convinced that you already were one.
Same, coupled with the specific trigger that I really really really wanted to dress like Evie from Assassin’s Creed.
Okay. Keep in mind that I was a kid in the 80s, so there was absolutely no context for my feelings. Trans people just didn't exist in the public consciousness.
So I had no idea that my desire to be a girl was something that was normal for a trans kid, so I grew up thinking that there was something wrong with me.
Took me until the end of high school after helping start a GSA with the first out gay kid in our school. Had no idea what the "T" stood for in LGBT, but knew that I wasn't a lesbian, but also knew these were my people? I felt safe there but identified as an ally until a social-
-worker quietly suggested I look into the "T" aspect end of senior year. Did research over the summer like I was writing a thesis paper. Came out that following November in college with a 6 page essay to my parents. Life improved immensely soon after.
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