I don't know if this is the right section to post this, so forgive me if I've made a mistake. I'm not sure about my gender right now. I was born male, present as male, yet at times I feel like I'm not the correct gender. Mind you while growing up I didn't really have these feelings, but as a teenager I did a bit (in my late teens). Just before my 22nd birthday, I started to question it more and it's been bottled up for almost 3 years now (I turn 25 this year). I've always associated myself with strong women more-so then men, I tend to play almost always as female characters in video games (they are my special interest) when given the choice, I often wonder what it would be like to be a woman and I always have found that females have more options to dress (cooler clothing I would say, even though that probably sounds really silly).
Problem is I'm scared to death of telling my mom and dad that I've been having these feelings. Both my parents are pretty open to pretty much anything, as my older brother is Gay. Another problem is that I have Asperger's (it's on the Autism spectrum, I'm not sure if anyone here has heard of it before) and that I'm a pretty firm believer in God (I'm a Catholic, but my view of Jesus is that he loves everyone equally and would not condemn someone for their gender or sexuality, which I know makes no sense worrying about it). I'm just pretty confused right now figuring out who I am. Is it normal for this to go unnoticed as a child, but when I'm at this age in life for it to come up?
Apologies in advance if my train of thought seems random and I posted this in the wrong forum by mistake, I'm just feeling very confused right now.
