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Transgender help.

Alright, I'm a girl and I like girls (a lot 😉) but whenever I see a guy who's a stud, I'm jealous. Cuz that's what I wanna be, kinda, but not all the time. Some days I feel like a guy, other days I just feel like a lesbian. My mom (and I haven't told her any of this) says she's ok with me being gay, but not with me being trans. Why can't gender be a fluid thing, like not really definite or full-time? And if you're trans, how did you know, and did you always feel like you weren't anatomically the right sex? How did people react? I'm just seriously confused and if you could help me out I'd appreciate it. Thanx. (Age is thirteen by the way, even tho my profile page says eighteen)
 Rebel4018 posted over a year ago
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bigmanguy said:
Before I answer any of your questions, I just want to say that there is no strict rules for being transgender. Transgender guys can be, feminine, masculine, gay, straight, bisexual, etc. from what I can tell, you seem more like a female who likes to dress in male clothing. From my personal experience, being transgender is something that you have to make sure that your one hundred percent serious about because it's not a joke. Surgeries and hormone replacement therapy have irreversible side effects. It took me years of research and self acceptance to come out and admit that I'm transgender. Just make sure you do your research before coming out because I would imagine it would be awkward if you came out to everyone as transgender when in fact you are just a masculine lesbian. You're young right now; so I suggest that you take some time to figure things out. These kinds of things take time… Trust me!!! I'm very envious of guys and the way they look and I mistook that for crushes growing up. I consider myself bisexual and transgender (female to male)


1.) How did I know I'm transgender?
that's kind of a hard question to answer because I didn't know that transgender people existed until I was 13 and saw an episode of Dr. Phil about transgender people. When I was really young, I didn't know that there was really a difference between boys and girls. It was one of those things where people could just label me as a tomboy. As soon as I saw that episode on TV, I started researching female to male transgender on the Internet. After reading some of the qualities of a female to male transgender person, I realized that I had pretty much all the characteristics of a transgender person since I was six (because that's as far back as I can remember.)

2.) Did I always feel like I wasn't atomically correct?
Ever since I was six (when I noticed the physical differences between girls and boys) I was waiting for something to grow down there until I was old enough to realize that wasn't going to happen. I shut myself off from the rest of the world when I hit puberty and especially when my chest started to grow because that completely disgusted me!

3.) How did people react?
For the most part, people reacted well. My dad took it kind of hard because he was looking forward to giving me away at my wedding. He's fine with the transgender part; but he doesn't understand that sexual orientation is different from gender identity. For instance, I'm a female to male transgender that's bisexual. I know he'll come around eventually… He's just really confused.
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GrellBi2 said:
i feel like this too exept im bi
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misscrazel said:
You could be pansgender. (I think that's the right word.)
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