Were you "vocal" about being the wrong gender as a kid?

[cynthialee]

I knew something terrible would happen if I said anything.
And not the kind of terrible that you get from stealing cookies or getting in a fight at school - I was scared that my parents would kill me or abandon me if they knew.

I really thought my grandmother would kill me or have me raped if I said I wanted to transition. Her level of religious fanatisism was truely frightening and I still have issues because of her 30 years later.

[Lachlann]

I wasn't because I felt like I was the only one who felt this way. And before puberty, I always figured I could just deal with how things were.

[GnomeKid]

i was. 

I went from being very vocal about it[born to early elementary school,] to mildly vocal about it [late elementary school], to just insistent upon not having any connection with girlyness, and then back to I'm a dude lets do something to fix this.

[glendagladwitch]

Reportedly, I did when I was very very young, before I started developing memories.  As early as 2 years old.  I only have one real memory of doing it when I was about 4 years old.  But my crazy biatch of a mother started love bombing me and telling me how lucky I was to be a boy and how boys were much better than girls and so forth that I got really confused.  I recall asking about getting surgery when I was 5 or 6, and that my parents told me to stop telling people I was a "tom boy" around age 8 or 10.  When I got some gynocomastia around age 15, I refused to let them do surgery to remove it.  Still, I was convinced I would never transition, but it proved impossible, and I started transitioning in university, and got disowned by my parents.  That was a rough time.

[Charles321]

WIth my friends I was. I came to a conclusion in 4th grade with my friend that the doctors cut off my penis when I was born. I wore boy clothes when I was really little and complained about girl clothes and toys. I got barbie dolls for my birthday and I got really upset. I would try to be like my Dad starting from when I was like 3. I think I was more actions than vocal on trying to let people know I'm not really a girl. I'm more vocal now that I'm older.

[Shang]

I don't think so.  I probably wasn't vocal about it or even fully recognized it because of how my parents raised me, plus my childhood was heavily rocky with physical problems so I never had much time for "me".  However, I did have a tendency to wear "boy" clothing and my mom once commented "do you want to be a boy?" when I was in middle school because I wore jeans and a jacket that covered everything.

[jerebear]

i didn't know when I was a kid.

and, I was sort of gender neutral.. I didn't think I was a boy, but I never really thought much about how I was a girl.. and my parents didnt really make me do girl things that much.

^This

[Michael Joseph]

Ive known since as far back as i can remember that i wanted to be a boy and i always made that clear. I remember when i was 3 throwing a temper tantrum on the ground when my mom tried to put me in a dress. I was around 5 when i started begging my mom for male parts. i only picked out clothes from the boys section, played with the boys, and i only had boy toys. Strangers used to mistake me for a boy. It took me until i was 19 to realize i was trans, but ive always known i wanted to be a boy.

[elvistears]

^This

ditto, i had a very gender neutral childhood.  my mum was a second wave feminist, so i didn't have any of that girls do this boys do that crap. However when I was 3 I used to go around declaring "I've got a penis too" and then when my mum convinced me I didn't have one I'd ask her to buy me a penis. I think my one friend at the time noticed cos she always made me play house and be the daddy and lie on top of her to "make a baby"... oh dear.

When I was a bit older I used to hang out with this boy down the road, he'd come over to play in my paddling pool.  I insisted on wearing red speedos, no top. I guess when I look back there's always more clues than I realise.

But you know, I liked Ninja Turtles and My Little Ponies.  And I still do 

[Yakshini]

I grew up having never heard of people who were born the wrong sex, and I was scared that I was weird for feeling like a boy when I knew I was not one. I just became a really good actor. I wanted to be the red Power Ranger, but told my sisters that I wanted to be the pink one and stuff like that. Though as soon as I developed any independence, I completely opposed wearing anything that I deemed "too girly".
So, no. I wasn't vocal.