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Anonymous wrote:OP, this is my DS too. Children’s National has a practice devoted to autism & LGBTQ specifically. Autistic kids generally see things as absolutes and are very uncomfortable with grey areas. So it’s possible your DS may fall anywhere on the gender spectrum even though he believes he must pick one or the other. I.e., “I’m not a typical boy, therefore I must be a girl” kind of thing. Make sure to find the right experts who will help him work through this keeping in mind his autism.
. OP here. Thank you all for the perspectives. It really helps to know others have gone through this. PP, your post sums it up exactly. He does not seem to be really convinced, and can't really give me any concrete examples of how he feels, but yet when I question him very kindly, he gets very defensive and says "I just am". That being said, he keeps saying maybe the summer after next summer I might think about doing something with regard to trying other clothing. He said I know my brother is starting college next year so we won't have money for a lot of new clothes. It's like he is making up a reason why he doesn't need to do anything for a while. I am totally OK with that. It's time to really figure out what's going on.
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