In essence....were you born female or..is it that you just want to be female

[Zoey]

For years I would have insisted that I am a female goddamit. But in learning about the mahu status of Hawaiian culture and how they are thought of as encompassing both male and female within one person, I think that realistically that describes me - and probably the majority of transgender people - much better than a single gender. I identify as female primarily, but I certainly do have components to my personality that would typically be considered male. I think I encompass both genders within myself, but I am primarily female.

[peky]

When my ability to self-determine, my self-image, and my sense of self was born, it was born female. And it wants to be able to be what it is.

So... both.

I am with 100% on this one. Even at the peak my "macho" career, it was a girl beating the boys 

To have abdicated my femalenss would have been akin to death

[twit]

I feel that if I had been born female, I probably wouldn't be needing to go through transition and all that. Just my thinking. I was born male bodied with a mind that hasn't seemed to have liked that fact much since as long as I can remember. I personally don't feel as though I will ever be actually female no matter what I do due to genetics and how my body started out and what happened to it before it was steered in a more desirable direction. Currently, I even see my self as more of a thing than anything else, especially being pre-op, but I rarely voice it and pretty much never explain myself to people irl as its usually a complete waste of my time and theirs.

[suzifrommd]

Hello.........I started this post a long time ago now..........feeling rather ancient now 

Need to tell you Misty, this thread changed my whole outlook on being Transgender. I blogged about it a few months ago (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,122382.0.html). Before I read it, I didn't consider myself truly transgendered, since I only wanted to be a woman, but never felt like one. This thread helped me understand I could be Trans in spite of that. It got me into gender therapy and got my life moving forward.

Thank you.

[leareed]

I'm very aware of my male origin. I was born male and I acknowledged that growing up.  I actually I had no problem with being a little boy either.  I was simply a boy that liked to dress up in girl's clothes, play with dolls, listen to Britney Spears and play with makeup.  I also liked action movies and toy cars.  I had two sides I guess.  I usually hung out with the girls and rarely with the guys (because I got along with the girls better growing up, sports were not my cup of tea).  It wasn't until a few years ago when I was in early high school that I started to realize that living as a guy wasn't my thing so I started to experiment with gender-fluidity and androgyny.  This past Spring is when I decided that I wanted to start a serious transition into the female sex and so here I am!

So in an essence, I was born a boy, grew up like a little girl and a little boy, and am now becoming a woman.  I get to experience the best of both worlds, I guess!

[lizagirl]

Yes I was born female but with a surgically correctable birth defect that I can't wait to be rid of.