I’ve observed that many crossdressers and transgender women recognize their gender identity at a young age. For some, it’s an early realization, while for others, it unfolds later in life.
I’m curious about your experience…
When did you first realize you were female or had a feminine side? Was this something you felt as a child, or did it develop over time?
I’d love to hear your story! Feel free share your thoughts in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
I knew when i was 8. I always loved the feel of my mother’s lingerie. i started wearing it at that age and kept doing it for a few years until i was caught by my parents. I repressed those feelings until a year ago when they started flooding out of my body again. Now I dress en femme every chance I get. I love the feeling when I’m dressed in some sort of feminine attire.
I grew up with 2 older sisters (6 years older and 4 years older) and one younger sister (four years after me), our mother, and father not around. I was always with my sisters and our mother, who saved EVERYTHING from the two older girls in 2 large steamer trunks and several garment bags hanging in the basement. From as far back as I can remember, my older sisters regularly dressed me in their clothes they’d grown out of. They gave me a girl name for around the house. Our mother allowed it, and it slowly progressed in small increments that didn’t seem drastic at each stage, but over time were big changes. First was cotton panties, tights, buckle shoes, little girl undershirts, full or half slips and dresses from my older sisters’ pre-school days. It was the early 60s so my mother allowed my hair to grow out long. The girls put it up in pigtails with ribbons and bangs. Then I progressed to party dresses, frilly panties, lacey tights, cute little training bras from their elementary school years. Now I wore pony tails with bows, added nail polish. My mom let me borrow her clip on earrings. By the time I was in 6th grade, I was wearing their first garter belts and stockings from their junior high days, or pantyhose, with skirts and knit tops, my hair was 12″-18″ all around, and of course I had graduated up to pre-teen/young teen bras, bikini panties, and stylish half slips. I had this wonderful seamstress foam padding our mother used for shoulder pads in dresses she made, and this gave me the perfect natural looking bustline in my bras. I got my ears pierced and my sisters and mother helped me with dark eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, lipstick/lipgloss, and perfume. Somehow I was able to go out in public a lot with our mother and my sisters, as there are about 20-25 photos (black + white and color, some Polaroids) of me at parks, in the yard, at the mall, at my aunt’s house, at our grandmother’s. Now, 45+ years since my first pink pajamas and fuzzy slippers, I have slimmed down to a 30″ waist with 34″ hips, but also now have a wonderful 37 1/2″ on top, and fill completely a true full B cup, all me – 38 months on heavy doses of natural breast enhancement herbs that have filled me out and rounded my breasts so beautifully. Thanks Lucille!!!
I also discovered this in me when iwas 8 years old since i was raised by my mother alone cos i loss my dad a tender age of 6 months i also tried girl dress too with make especialy when i was in my 20s.Any way i still remaian in the same shoe. thanks.
My journey started when I was around 3 years of age (now early 60’s). I am an only child and my mother always wanted a girl. That being said whenever my dad wasn’t home, as he worked alot of nights, my mother would dress me as a little girl. It became a way of life for me that I seemed to enjoy. This went on until I enterd high school and then she stopped dressing me cold turkey for no reason. I never forgot the way I always felt while dressed. I felt that I was ment to be a girl and still feel that way. I tried closet dressing for a while after I had gotten married but my former caught me and did not understand my needs, so therefore that marrige didn’t work and we split up. It is very hard for me to dress enfemme during the day as I work in the construction trades as a heavy equipment operator
My life has turned around for me as I have been with a wonderful woman for the last couple of years that totaly supports my needs 150%. It has gotten so good that when I come home from work she already has an outfit picked out for me so after I take a shower I can get dressed and she helps me with my hair and makeup. On weekends she will give me a complete makeover including my nails, severla times while we have been out to a shopping mall or other places she has introduced me to people as her cousin. Life dosen’t get any better than this!!
Hugs…JoAnn
I allways thought I was a girl since i was about 8 or 9 my ilder sister used to drwess me up in her old cloths and as i lived in the country i had a lot of time to roam in the fields in panties and a dress and bra.I really loved the girly swim suit with the frilly skirt sewn in evan now when I am in my sixties I wear womans panties and pants they fit better even since I started your course on making my breasts grow I am at a 48 c cup.thank you.
terriann
I grew up with three sisters. My dad was always working. All i knew was feminine ways. i played with my sisters and they dressed me in their outfits. i loved doing that. My dad would come home and see me in a dress and call me a quiff. I still don’t know if that is a real word but i am sure he was calling me queer or gay.
My sisters would take me outside dressed as a girl to play with their friends. The boys would tease me. This happened until I was around 10. At 9 I started having sex with boys. They liked me dressed in my panties and dresses. I would end up sucking them off. When i got into high school I stopped wearing feminine attire. It was not until I was in my thirties that a female friend of ours talked to me privately and told me that she thinks I make a great girl. She said that since I did not like manly things like sports, sexual activity with girls, and that I acted so proper in the kitchen taking care of eveyone that deep down i must be a girl. So She started having me dress as a girl whenever we were alone. Until today this keeps happening.
Dear Lucille, my earlist recollections were at age 4 or so I started looking into wearing my mothers shoes and playing house by my self. At the time I had two brothers which later were four altogether with two sisters. So being in a big family it was difficult, I did a lot of expermination alone on my own.I pretty much grew up having to supress these feelings, it was not talked about in those days.As I got older I became more successful in hiding my true self. I played the male role well but would often go back to my ways when no one was around. I got married had kids raised them both with my wife. Two tears ago it all came crashing down I had been almost caught several times over the years. It became so bad to live with it I almost took my own life, just to be free of what I thought was evil. So 2yrs later I’m in transition and extremly happy now with who I am.My life gets better every day, your site has been a wonderful help.I have been fourtunate to be able to still remain with my wife and my children they are very supportive. I hopefully will be able to live full time before years end. It is finaly great to be my self, female and lovin every thing about it. Lots of hugs CarolAnn
I would dabble with girls things in my 30’s, but didn’t relize I was a gilr to almost 50. My second wife encouraged me to wear more girls clothing and then it hit me I was a girl and I loved it. I’m not ou, but my wife and I travel frequently and I get to go out as a woman during these trips, how wonderful.