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 am the eldest of four “girls” as it turns out. I have always felt that something was not quite right, because even though I rough housed with my male cousins and school friends I felt left out when it came to playing with dolls and dressing up with my sisters. Once in a while I would get a chance to be girly, but I knew my father would go ballistic if he ever saw me participating in anything but BOY activities. My mother dressed me as a girl when I was an infant and Mom told me he just flipped out. I have however always had panties and then bras that I wore at home alone. I did grow my hair long which helped me feel more feminine but in the 70’s most boys had long hair so Dad was none the wiser. Bottom line I guess I knew I was a girl around 5 or 6 years old and I have had to surpress who I really am my whole life.
hi lucille, i always felt like girl unfortually i was born with the wrong gender.i knew when i was a little kid that something was wrong ,i have mastered the intestinal fortitude to talk to tell my friens and relatives after much divate .i am happy that i have started with my hrt and have added gaba to my regimen.excuse my spellin but i am writing on my cellpone to you .thank you .Xenia.
HI Lucille ! I was 11 years old when I began to have feelings of being a girl ,I would wear pantyhose under my pants to school and if I was by myself at home I would put more on getting into my sister close.I thought the feelings would go away but they just grew stronger. I loved how I felt inside when I was dressed up in girlie close I wished I could stay like this all the time,but I new that there was no way my parents would understand .I have had to live two lives being transgender for 30 years now being in the closet all this time and it’s killing me inside the girl in me wants to come out and I’m tired of living a lie and as a man .I just want to be happy for once in my life and become a woman,come out to everyone .It’s been over a year seance I was laid off work and my wife left me all on the same day. I don’t have money to begin my transformation or anything ,it’s been very depressing and hard on me .
Hi I am Michael some times most of the time I am Mechelle I found Mechelle when I was about six I din’t have any older sisters only younger brothers it started for me with the girl next door she was my girlfreind and she would dress me up after school and this went on until 9th grade when she moved away after that I found my own way I am 49 now and I still love my fem side I still love Mechelle
Hi, I knew very early. My Mom even raised me aas a girl for the first five years until I went to school. But I always knew I was female. Unfortunatly I could never afford SRS so have stayed in the male body ( a birth defect). I never had male underware and clothing until High School. Even then I wore mostly girls pants, shirts, and shoes. Which of course got me beaten up many times. It also got me raped once by the father of a friend when I was about 11 or 12. My femininity has always been then thing I cling to when life is rough it gives me support. And I have had Many Women friends who have helped me and support me and treat me as just another woman.
I feel like i’ve always known, but acceptance is something different!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been crossdressing since I was maybe 4-5 idk. And crossdressing has always been apart of my life!!!! But there were times when I willed myself (to no avail) to stop dressing!! Once I reached a less immature (IE concerned with what my peers think, and familY) i decided that this is my life and its important to live as i choose. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the confidence!!!!!!! to be the girl I knew I was and that I so longed to be.
Always be true to your self and ALWAYS love yourself.
Kisses and love to U ALL!!!
i thought i was a girl around age 8 when my mother,aunt and grandmother let me dress up as a girl on my summer vacations. They would giggle and laugh with me all dolled up in panties, girdle, hose, dresses and shoes along with makeup. Then when i graduated from college i knew for certain that i needed to become the girl of my dreams. Thank you for allowing me to share this with all.
I started cross dressing to some extent when I was in junior high but did not completely dress until in grad school. When younger I was very ambivalent about my feelings. It took a long time to accept my desires and feelings about identity. I am still rather closeted due to concerns about what “outing” as a CD would do professionally and with the family. At any rate I knew my inclinations when I was 12, 13 years old.