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
My earliest memories are at age 10 and I knew then.
I first felt like I was a girl around the ages of 5 and 6. I was sometimes like a regular boy playing with trucks and such, But at the same time I also liked dressing as a girl and playing with Barbie dolls. I never saw anything wrong with it. To me, it seemed quite normal. My mother on the other hand was a different story. At the time she was quite a homophobe. She couldn’t accept that one of her sons could be different. If she found any of my girly clothes that I had she would take them and either burn them or throw them out in the trash. All I wanted to know was why? What was so wrong that she couldn’t accept me for who I was. Now it is different. She is accepting of me for who I am and not what she thinks I should be. My mom is quite supportive of me now once she realized that I am still the same person. I love the girly side of me that I can let out more often now. I am out more now enfemme. I still see the people that make crappy comments towards me, but in all, they are the ill-informed ones. The girls out there like me, we are still people too. What we do and how we live our lives is our business.
i was about 9 years old, i started noticing girls and knew i was more like them or wanted 2 b anyway. it is still that way. i want 2 b all female in all ways, cause i know it is who i really m
I was about 7, I saw my mothers bra in the washing and picked it up, I loved the feel of the lace and the look. From that moment on I looked at women differently, almost jealous, but revering the female form, and it was disappointing when I didn’t follow their shape as I grew.
I was selected to play the part of a tree when I was in first grade. I was given a pair of green tights and a leotard as part of my costume. (They were owned by the girl that I had a major crush on.) Make-up was applied, and I was in heaven.
I was about 8 when I knew, but I’d already had it hammered into me by my Mom about “how happy I was her first boy”. So it took me until later in life to become the true me and overcome all of that.
I think it’s funny when you look in my baby book, my birth announcement is actually pink.
Huggz
Missy Jean
I was 4 the first time I put on my sisters bathing suit. Told by family that was a bad thing to do but to me they were always wrong.
I think it was around 8. I would sneak into my Mom’s clothes drawer and put on her one piece swimsuit then walk around the house. As I got older, I started competitive swimming and once or twice during swim season all the guys would show up for practice in women’s suits. That was a hoot and the young ladies liked it too. As I got older, I quit dressing until about a year ago. I’m comfortable going out wearing an ankle length skirt and heeled boots with a tee shirt top. I’ve grown out my hair and it’s almost to my shoulders now. I present male from the waist up and female waist down. I find it’s calming to be fem and get in touch with that side of myself.