6 or 7 - I experimented with kids my age, and it ‘clicked’. But I would struggle with that concept until I was about 12, when I decided ‘fuck this religious bullshit’. I started dating guys when I was 13, I was out to my friends the same year, the general population when I was 15, and finally my family at 21. Though for my family it wasn’t how I planned. I thought I was going to die soon; my original plan as a teen was to tell them on their death bed, mostly because of fear of physical violence. My family was very not-accepting growing up and through my teens. I lived in fear for all of my teenage+ years, many times not sleeping to make sure I wasn’t attacked in my sleep.
But yeah, at a very young age I was like ‘boys are cute’ and ‘wait a minute…’
Okay I got to ask, at 6, 7 my only focus was teenage mutant ninja turtles, how in the hell are you experimenting at 6, 7?
I lived in a neighborhood with a ton of kids that were +/- a year from me, and there were several that shared my curiosity. It was rather… common? For the chat to shift from Playstation and Nintendo games to other topics, just as long as the parents weren’t around. One thing led to another and hey this is a new experience…
Over 2+ decades, people moving away and starting their own adult lives, I lost contact with most of them. But I’m still in touch with two of them: one is now trans, the other is a fellow gay furry.
Thanks for the reply! I guess parents being out of sight would eventually lead to that.
Around 15-16. I used to browse 4chan during it’s heavy trap phase and realized I don’t mind if they have a penis as long as they look like a girl
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I was 17 I realized I was trans. A revelation that helped me better understand my sexuality as well. Turns out I’m bi/pan. I did spend several years just assuming I was ace because the idea of sex didn’t interest me until I realized I was a woman.
I was 18 when I realized I felt the same way about Ro Laren and Maria Hill as I did about any men I thought were attractive but it wasn’t for several more years that I realized that when most people were attracted to someone they actually wanted to do something about it
9ish? Although due to bullying, homophobia, culture, I wasn’t “ok” with a label until I was in my late 30s.
Always. I was confused when my parents tried to tell me I was only allowed to like boys.
I had a severely long cross-dressing and denial phase since like 2000s ish. It is all a blur. Somewhere around 2008 I lived by myself and had the freedom to explore and experiment in private. And then somewhere around 2021 I realized that I’m trans, possibly before then but denial is a hell of a drug. And then on Nov 2022 I finally started hormones. And now I’m 2 years into hormones and happy!
I started hormones at the age of 36 and now I’m 38.
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Roundabout 27. I consider myself barely under the umbrella even to the point of calling myself “Diet Queer” as I’m a heteroromantic demisexual. I’ve always been around people that are much more queer presenting than I am so I seemed straight as fuck in comparison.
I was around 20 when I first started browsing trans subreddits “as an ally”, and I also made a few jokes to some friends about how “I’m probably non-binary lol”.
I was 23 when I finally actually came to terms with my gender and sexual orientation. Those three years were rough :P
30s no, I won’t elaborate
For a lot of my adolescence I suspected I’d transition eventually. At 18 though I accepted I wasn’t cis. At 19 I accepted I was a binary trans woman. And at 20 after starting hormones I accepted that I had been attracted to men after estrogen made me not attracted to them. So yeah 18, because even when nonbinary is a stepping stone identity it’s still queer.
I was 26 when I realized that romantic attraction is even a thing. It was a year later before I realized that I am ace as well as aro.
Don’t know what I am yet, but definitely confident enough to consider myself LGBTQ last year at 30
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