Well you probably know my childhood situation already, Purplewolf, but I thought it's an interesting topic and one of few I can chime in on here now, so I'll answer the questions mostly just because. And that I'm a detransitioning cis person and not trans, yet persistently lurking around in the trans forums and all of that good stuff... I hope no one here minds
Did you play with girls or boys as a kid? Or with both? Or mostly with girls/boys?- I only had my sister as a friend to play with as a kid, but on very rare occasion also other girls of both my age and my sister's age. Boys didn't seem to like my company at all back then. But for the most part, I was on my own.
Were you bullied as a kid? In general? For your gender expression? For the way you played?- Yes, from around age 6. I was gnc (short hair, wore "boy clothes") but wasn't bullied for that. But rather for my visible/noticable Asperger traits, that I wasn't very fast, that I misinterpreted a lot of social cues, that I was just socially awkward, very gullible, etc. My gender wasn't what they targeted, typically. Although they did sexually assault me once and that was probably at least partially because of my female anatomy. I don't blame myself or my body for it though.
Were you accepted in either group?- Nope. Boys were more likely to bully me and girls were more likely to ignore/shun me, neither wanted me in their company. Very few kids were okay with me tagging along and only on occasion, but even they weren't overjoyed by my company. Girls were more likely to be kind towards me than boys, but I was still equally uncomfortable around both, cause it was very unpredictable who was gonna be nice or mean. I had no friends, except from my sister, up until around age 10-11.
Did you feel you didn't fit in as a kid?- Definitely. I often thought of myself as very different. I watched some tv-series about aliens that looked like humans (Roswell) and I thought I was like them, as a kid. Like an alien in disguise. But I also thought of myself as better than my peers cause I wasn't mean. I already back then had a kinda "me against the world" way of thinking.
Were you uncomfortable in either group? Or in both? In which ways?- Both. I was mostly uncomfortable with boys cause they were a lot more likely to push me around and be cruel, and I was mostly uncomfortable with girls cause they were more likely to act manipulatively or like I wasn't even there at all. I didn't feel a sense of belonging with people of either gender, as a kid. I don't think I do now either, but as an adult I don't feel uncomfortable with either men or women, just different. I see myself as a woman now, but ever since my teens I've been more comfortable around men, but for groups I strongly prefer groups of mixed genders.
Did you play 'typical' games or with 'typical' toys for either gender? Were you a tomboy? Or a total 'femboy' 
?- I preferred playing with barbie dolls, toy horses, and drawing. But on occasion I liked playing with toy cars and lego. I hated play-pretend games like roleplaying you're a family etc. And chasing-games too. I couldn't run fast and was very clumsy. I'd say my play preferences as a kid were androgynous but leaning girly.
Did you socially isolate from other children? Were you a loner? If so, why did you prefer it this way? Are you an introvert by character or was this just bcos of social seclusion...?- I often strayed from groups of other kids, and prefered being alone. Sometimes I'd sit in a bush somewhere with my own toys from at home, hiding indoors or just strolling around as far as I was allowed to walk. I have an introvert inclination, I'd say, but me avoiding other kids back then was mostly self-preservation. I've always bad some extrovertedness to me as well, but to a much lesser degree. Sometimes I wanted to be with other kids in smaller groups like just 2 of us or at most 3. I was often left out in bigger groups and was scared to speak up.
How would you describe yourself as a child? Boisterous? Rowdy? Quiet? Sensitive?- Very quiet, very sensitive, highly imaginative and creative, wise, slow (as in I took my time with things, not mentally), curious, fearful, very careful, clumsy, misunderstood by many, etc.
How did your dysphoria show through play and interaction with other children? Did you want to emulate certain behavior? Or repress something? Were you angry? Or just shut-down?- As far as I know I didn't experience dysphoria before puberty. I was however jealous of boys' bodies and how they were treated socially. I often felt very inadequate as a child, like I was never enough no matter how hard I tried anything. I was very angry at my bullies and the adults who never took the bullying seriously. I hated crying when others could see me, cause I thought that was a sign of "weakness" and got the idea that I had to suppress my emotions and be more stoic, which is perhaps more common for boys to think. But for me I think it was just because of the bullying, that taught me I had to "toughen up" to survive, basically, and not dysphoria for not wanting to be treated like a girl. I didn't like being treated like a girl, but I actually did like being a girl. Maybe I got that confused, somewhere along the line.
Were you allowed to express gender non-conforming behavior as a child? By your parents and relatives? Teachers? Other children or adults...?- Yeah, I was. In fact me dressing boyish was much more appreciated by my parents than me dressing girly. I liked the pink dresses much better than the blue sweatshirts and I wanted to grow my hair out long but my parents said it was impractical and unnecessary. Other girl kids thought it was weird that I had short hair and they didn't understand why my parents wouldn't let me grow it out. Well it got too tangled and my mother didn't want to deal with it. Otherwise I don't remember what anyone else thought of my presentation. I didn't see my other relatives often, but when they had any opinions about me or my sister, they usually went straight to our parents about it.
Or did you grow up sort of gender neutrally? Was gender not really inforced on you?- In a sense, I'm starting to kinda suspect that my parents did, at least a little, actually force gender neutrality on me... oh, the irony! It just strikes me now that my mother still keeps telling me she wishes I wasn't so feminine, but I am a cis woman, so that's a bit weird to me. But knowing her, she's very masculine and doesn't like femininity, so it's possible she's projecting that on me. My father isn't visibly gnc but in some more or less hidden aspects he is. My parents never followed typical gender roles in our family, like dad earned more money but cooked the food, and mom did most of the child-raising but fixed the leaky pipes, etc. And I think they're kinda against gender-conformity, and have tried to stray me and my sister away from that. I think they missed the point: that it should be an option, not forced.
Did having siblings play a part in the types of toys you had access to or the games you played?- Yes, me and my sister almost always wanted each other's toys or the same kind of toys, growing up. We fought about that sometimes but mostly we shared and borrowed one another's toys without a fuss. Our parents tried to persuade us to try being a bit different at some point but we both refused to. We even wanted to dress the same, have the same hairstyles, etc. We're not twins, she's two years younger than me. And we grew apart more when we got closer to teen years. Now we have very different styles and interests.
And an extra question I'd like for you to answer:
If you could change one thing about your childhood, what would that be?- I would have told someone, about the abuse. Anyone, but maybe preferably a teacher at the school I went to, or someone else outside of my family. Notice how I wouldn't choose to change the abuse itself happening? I think I really needed that experience to know who I am. So I wouldn't change that, but I would ease some of the pain that followed, if that was possible.
This actually helped me understand myself a bit better, like seeing some pieces of my childhood connect themselves with my present self. In terms of why I transitioned and then detransitioned, I mean
