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 cannot remember a time when i Didn’t want to dress in girls clothes. I would fantasize about wearing panties as early as 4 or5 years old.
I knew since I was 5yrs old. mom called me one morning and I told her that was not my name. my name is Samantha and im a girl not a boy. I got my butt beat and told im a boy. 13yrs later she caught me skipping school and dressed up as a girl. I was kicked out of her house that same day.
I remember around 7 turning my classic white underwear around and wearing them backwards so the flap and the smooth butt side would be up against me like my sisters panties. then when i was about 12 i bought some of my sisters skirts and secretly put them on under the blankets. now at 57 i routinely go o a gay club dressed fem. i love wearing my pretty clothes. my girlfriend and i go girl shopping she knows and is ok with it.
Hi Lucile,
So, I knew from nearly as far back as I can remember that I am a female. From wearing my mother’s clothes or trying on her shoes at 6 years old, to altering my teenage male clothing to now living fully as a woman, who and what I am has always lurked just below the skin. There has never been a time in my life that I was not 100% female.
Sarah
I’ve known about my femininity since my early teens. What I didn’t know was there were others like me. I grew up in a “traditional” family were sex was not even discussed let alone something as “weird” as transsexuality, so I spent most of my life fighting against my femininity, denying and supressing it, trying and failing to be the “man” I was “supposed” to be. Whenever those feelings would surface again I would ruthlessly push them back down. I remember telling myself at one time that “I can’t be a girl, I’d have to start ‘liking’ boys”, It was not until ’79 when a certain famous musician came out as trans that I even knew there were others like me. I was nearly 40 before I finally accepted the woman inside me, and even longer before I could allow myself to be that woman. But I am now living full time as the woman I am.
Am a bit of a late bloomer.. It was in my early 30’s that I realised I was bisexual, and a dresser. One of the best things about being this way is the feeling when you slip into bed with shaved legs. Hehe
My fascination of femininity started at age 6…My Mother had arthritis in her fingers and struggled with her back garters from her “Playtex” girdle. I learned to help her and my curiosity got discussed then. My very accepting and open minded mother helped me in my explorations of gender and sexuality through my teens. I was so lucky to have a Mother that was so open minded yet kept “our secret” to herself. To this day,I have no guilt or baggage and happy being a socially transitioned TS woman.
I felt this way when I was 7 years of age. I felt more at ease when I played with girls than I played with boys. I was realy upset when my friends [girls that is] started growing breasts and having periods, I felt left out. I hated my bodie and things that were happening to it.
I am now in my late 60s and dress enfem and go shopping, other women treat me as one of them and I feel natural dressed enfem. I wish I could go allout to become a woman and have the Op but I have not got the money to do so, so I have to live and bear it
lol Billie