Hi, I'm Sylvester. Call me Sly. I've been lurking here a while and joined because being able to talk to other gender-variant people will be good for me.
My story's pretty much like any other. Always felt like something was wrong, something just felt off about being called a "her," etc. Last year I went through a really feminine phase in a final attempt to 'fix' myself. Since giving up on that and acknowledging that my desire to be more masculine is at least worth exploring, I've been a lot happier. I'm not attempting to present as male in public yet, just wearing guy clothes and such. I think that may change soon though... the more I think about this stuff, the more being called a girl bugs me.