Hi. I've never been the most masculine, or the most feminine guy. I've always been sensitive, artsy, never liked competitive sports,always got along best with girls... But I've also always loved "manly" things, like military stuff, action-packed media (action movies, first person shooter video games, power metal) and working out.
I'm attracted to most folks, male, female, and everything in between. I confess I do 'roleplay' as females/intersex in online chatrooms.
I feel perfectly fine filling a male roll. I have a girlfriend, I wear the clothes, enjoy having a bit of a beard (other body hair not so much), but I've always had fun acting feminine in the chatrooms.
I know that it's probably better in the long run if I fully identify as male, as transexuals making the switch to female are higly discriminated against by almost everyone. God knows what my family would think.
I'm just completely and utterly confused over my gender identity, and if I want to change it from the Male identy I've used all my life. I really don't know who to go to (like I said, I don't feel safe discussing this with my family) for advice on this, and came across this site on a search for answers. If anyone has advice on how to "discover" this aspect of myself, I'd really appreciate if you could share it with me
Thanks in advance,
AnEclecticGeek