May 15th, 2011 at 6:49AM

I Haven’t Always Known

leotron:

I haven’t always known that I was trans*. Yet, because of the heavily reinforced “typical” narratives of transgender in mainstream media, there is an assumption that if you identify as such, you have known so since a very young age.

We all come to these realizations at different times in our lives; there is no certain ripe time interval in which you must figure out your gender identity and have it be set in stone.

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    It took me decades to figure out that I was other than plain-vanilla “straight” and by then some bridges had already...
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    yes! i definitely can’t speak for trans* people, as I am not one, but this applies for sexual orientation as well. I...
  7. chthonos reblogged this from keepyourcorsetstight and added:
    Always, always, always. Oh, lah, whatever. I don’t like the idea that one always knows, or that even if one doesn’t know...
  8. closetwhatcloset reblogged this from thetendergravityofkindness and added:
    See also: understanding/discovering your sexuality after the age of 5. It’s great that some people ALWAYS know. That is...
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    19. At age 19 I’ve had my realization that...am genderqueer. I didn’t
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    Super agree. People have doubted my son REALLY being trans* because he doesn’t claim to have ALWAYS known. He’s always...
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  24. zladkohasaboaraffe reblogged this from genderfork and added:
    For real, I mean, it’s been what? Less than a year? And I feel fully confident that this is who I am, and that if my...
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