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It honestly now feels like I am just being myself.

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I only completely figured out my gender a few months ago. In fact, I’d still say I haven’t 100% ever fully figured it out.


BLAKE, 13, NORTHERN MARYLAND

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For as long as I can remember, I have always felt like a boy.

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It just took me some time to fully understand my feelings, express myself, and put my feelings into words.


ELI, 13, BERGEN

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I realized my gender at the age of 6 and from then on was forever wanting to act differently.

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I was wanting to wear girls' clothes makeup and high heels and didn't know how to tell anyone as I was so young.


HAELEY, 14, LIVERPOOL

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For as long as I can remember I always knew I was a girl.

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I was just very feminine, not because I tried to be, but because it was just natural.


AZAJ, 17, OAKLAND

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I started dressing and looking the complete way I wanted to.

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 It was kind of like a weight being released from my soul and it gave me the invincible feeling and outlook.


CHANEL, 18, QUEENS

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It took me a long time to find the words to express it,

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but I realized in elementary school that I was different from the other girls my age.


KYLA, 18, FRANKFURT

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I tried to force myself to be girly and fit in.

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They're both people. They are still human beings.


OLLIE, 18, LIVERPOOL

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It is very helpful to know that we’re just normal people.

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I started questioning my gender when I came to elementary school.


FINLEY, 19, COLOGNE

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My child is special, not because he is a transgender boy,

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but because of his profound empathy, bravery, and emotional wisdom.


NATHAN, 19, DUBLIN

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I think I was about 6 or 7 when I first understood that my gender mattered.

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I remember going shopping with my mom and my sister in our local toy store for barbies and trying to make it as obvious as possible that we weren't buying the dolls for ourselves


CHLOE, 20, CORK

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It wasn’t instantly like a switch.

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But the feeling that I had to finally have a word to describe myself was incredible.


RILEY ALEXIS, 20, LAKE CONSTANCE

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At a basic level, we all want the same thing, which is to be accepted not in spite of who we are, but because of who we are.


STELLA, ANNAPOLIS

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