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Identity is more than transient or make believe statements when little Johnny or Suzi say they want to be a horsey one day or fire truck the next day. A child's gender identity is established when it is 'persistent, insistent, and consistent' according to my psychiatrist. I always knew what I 'am' through my feminine protesting since at least age 3. I was 'persistent, insistent, and consistent'; it was my family who could not accept me and it was the lack of a medical community to help me.
I read posted comments here at Susan's of people filled with self-doubt and uncertain of self-exploration; I feel so sad at their lives requiring so much more work to resolve than I'll ever comprehend. I accepted 'me' from the start.
As for the medicine, it is grand to live at a time when medical science is making forward progress for today's children who know who they are.
Oh, if only puberty blockers and hormones had been available during my day. I would have been in line first-thing in the morning. My puberty did not start till late - in my early 20s - so I lived my teen years in torture not knowing when it would kick in, yet knowing that biological clock would strike 12 eventually. At least my ERT had little to overcome.
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