How early did you know of/display your true gender?

[Amy Jyll]

How early were you aware of and/or display your true gender?

Well... I'm note sure. I know that I played with dolls as a little child... and I also used to play a lot with girls etc.
But I also loved cars.
I always felt somehow different to the other boys in my class but tried to play it down.
But I live in a very open minded family so I guess at home it wasn't that much of a problem to play with doll and such.
The time I became aware of the fact that there is something called GID/->-bleeped-<- etc, was the time I started figuring out that this may apply to me. Must be around the age of 15.
I always liked the female role more and if there was the oportunity to play it without getting too much attention I did it.
This had been going for some time now... and with 19 I admitted it to myself.

At what age were you aware of your 'crossgender' feelings/behaviours?
I caught myself of thinking how girlsclothes would look on me, but I didn't dare to wear some... simply because I don't have any and don't have any place to store them. I still didn't come out to my family and still live at home (again...^^).
I can't really say the age it started...

And/or at what age were the adults in your life aware of your 'crossgender' feelings/behaviours?
I think my parents already know it. They just wait for me to admit it. But everytime I try I start fighting with them for the most stupid things. -_- I guess I'm to aggressive when I'm nervous.

[funnygrl]

I was crossdressing @ 5 y/o and never got caught until sometime in 7th or 8th grade and had to QUICKLY make it all look like some clowning around I was doing because my parents @ that time were very worried about OTHER behavioral issues (depression, anti social behavior) and would've locked my ass up in the adolescent psych-ward @ the local hospital

[christene]

I knew I wanted to be a girl from a very early age, somewhere around 6 or 7. However I really did not display that until much later, say around my mid twenties. So I did not feel there should be the two questions with only one option....years and years of denial...
Thank the Maker those days are OVER...

Oh, and I have idea how anyone could possibly know any difference about gender between birth and 2 years of age...maybe I am a little slow on the uptake???

[Randy]

Whenever someone asks me that question I always say 5, mostly because I really don't have any coherent memory before kindergarden, and before then I really didn't have much say in my clothing choices... though I did always have a preference for stereotypically male toys.

[prbc]

I started cross dressing when I was around 5 or 6. I think the first time I cross dressed, I was with my mother. We were playing dress up and I asked if I could wear her clothes.

[myles]

I guess I was lucky , I had 2 brothers and we were pretty poor so it was easier for my mom to dress us all the same.  She pretty much treated us all the same too. I guess I never grew out of it. Highschool brought a littel more pressure to dress like a "girl" but since I was a jock a little less. Guess I have never had to dress like a girl just dress appropriately for work stuff. So what about 5 or 6. Never liked dolls only sports and "boy games". Don't ever remember being a really girly girl ever?!
Myles