How old were you when you knew you were Different?

[Mexy_Nicolas]

I came to know I was gay at 12 on my birthday. Was curious on the net... so yeah :S  

[Raeiko]

uhm... I always had the tendencies but never fully realized till about 12 or 13  

[Raleigh_Ronin]

In 3rd grade I realized I had a crush on my best friend and stopped talking to and seeing him. I came out around 10th grade but I knew way before then.  

[Margay777]

Well, ever since I was little I always had more of an interest in girls (I am bisexual). When I was around five or six or seven, I found myself thinking about one of my really good friends and wondering why I felt this way. I kind of dismissed it as thinking about her as a super good friend. Then when I was eleven or twelve I kind of liked this girl who I thought was my friend. And then she started calling me a creep, even though I had done nothing to her or suggested that i had a thing for her or told her I was bisexual. I had actually told her a few days before that I liked this one guy in our class. She started bullying me over facebook and saying alot of mean things. But the real blow came when I heard from my best friend that she had made fun of me for being a lesbian. It really hurt.
But I feel sorry for her. She always cared too much about what people thought. She was a nice person, but she cared too much. I hope one day we can be friends again.
I am now fourteen and I know who I am. I feel it is important to be true to yourself and not give a rats a** about what people think of you. When they insult you, laugh and say "Thank you sir or madam. Your opinion has been taken into account and verified as lame. Have a nice day." 4laugh  

[pythonesque]

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I guess I initially realized around the age of 13. I had brief crushes on girls, which I need was outside the norm.
However, I wasn't especially interesting in dating, relationships, or anything until I was in college. That's when I embraced the difference and started to be more comfortable with it.

 

[MultiQuest]

i officially came out when i was 16 as bisexual confused
when i was 17 i figured i was only attracted to women/femmes but i didn't feel i identified as lesbian. sweatdrop
around that time i found this site called downelink, it's basically the gay myspace, and i later identified as downe. surprised

Downe: n. A person who identifies as homosexual, gay, bisexual, or queer. Frequently used within Filipino American and Asian American GLBT communities. (Origns: California? or Hawaii?)
Source: urbandictionary ninja

then at 20 i came out as gender queer. whee

now i officially identify as gender queer as my gender identity, and queer/downe as my sexual/romantic orientation  

[untilthegothicrevolution]

You know how there are some people who go through denial when they realize they're lgbt? Not me, more like I think I always knew. I had a "girlfriend' (role-play mate) when I was in 1st grade. (I say first grade it might have been earlier... quueerios~) Could I get any weirder? Then in high-school I figured out what lgbt was. Didn't help that I had gone to a very sheltered private school before high school, I was one naive kid, but I wasn't shocked or anything. It was more like "woah, there's a name for that? I thought I was just weird~"
4laugh  

[Hiacinth]

I knew I was different way back when I first met a buttload of other kids in kindergarten. But that was just general different, the kind that makes you a loner in school. I first came out as Bi in 10th grade after a while of being in the GSA as a straight ally, but long before that I remember thinking to myself that I wouldn't judge myself or feel bad if I found myself crushing on another girl. It never happened until college though cat_sweatdrop , at which point I prompty freaked out.  

[morgus creep]

I knew what I was when I was about 8 - 10, reaching puberty. That's when it really hit me that I was a female and fro then on, I began hating my own body in private. I always knew I wanted what boys had, literally since I was the age of 5 and not just the toys + the clothes but the way they were; I wanted to be a man when I grew up, express myself in a way a cisgendered men express themselves. Being a female was something I knew I never was from the word go pretty much. When and if I said I liked boys, it was mostly around other girls. But to be quite honest, I've always felt a deep desire to be in a heterosexual relationship with a woman since I was 9 and had begun practicing on kissing a fake Barbie "make-up model" head ((don't ask, I was a peculiar child and it was my only way to express myself)).  

[fadingthecolors]

When I was in elementary school I was more interested in girls than guys. I didn't really know I was different until middle school when all my (girl) friends were talking about guys and I didn't find them attractive.

I didn't start liking guys until 8th grade  

[Celly Sunbutt]

According to my mom, she noticed I was trans at 3 years old. I had no interest in the average apparel or toys for little boys. I can only remember to the age of 5, however.

Throughout younger years my mom would convince me over and over again that what I was doing was wrong and that I needed to be bound by society's expectations of a male kid. It was at age 14 that I decided to confront my mom, said she was wrong, and that I was living a lie. Eventually she came to terms with it, and at age 16 I began my HRT.

I'm 19 now, and despite being told by many that I was mistaken, I believe I was always supposed to be the female I am today.

 

[Clockwork Secrets]

I realized I had an interest in girls when I was 11 and at the age of 13 I started getting confused when I started liking guys as well, which was when I learned what it meant to be bisexual. I'm 15 now and I'm still in the closet, I'm going to wait and hope my dad changes his opinion.  

[Katana left the site]

I never really had a confusing or conflicted experience with discovering my sexuality. I guess by the time I was 11 and had my first crush on a girl, I decided that I was bi. Now my mom had a very confusing and conflicted experience with my sexuality. I guess I'm lucky that she didn't disown me, considering she's a major homophobe!  

[Nomad Scavenger]

It was when I was just 16 years old, when I got into a long distance relationship with someone from the other side of the globe.

It didn't work out, and I'm doing my best to forget him.