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[quote=Anonymous]Whatever your identity is, there are others out there like you.  That's the one thing I can tell you for sure.  You are not alone even though it may feel like it right now.

My experience is that I'm a transgender woman.  I don't identify as a man though I lived as one for some time.  What you describe with the sock could be gender dysphoria or just curiosity.  If you feel like you want to have something there every time you present masculine then it sounds more like dysphoria but it would be helpful to speak to a gender therapist because they would have a lot of experience speaking to a lot of gender diverse people and might be able to help you figure things out.  You could also go to a local trans support group or a genderqueer support group and listen to the people talk.

Based on what you wrote, two identities you could look into would be gender fluid and bigender.  These are both nonbinary identities.  Nonbinary is an umbrella term that covers a lot of gender identities outside of the binary.  There are others that may be useful to read up on as well.  I am not an expert in all the nonbinary identities since I am binary transgender.  Technically, nonbinary is considered transgender as well but it's your choice if you choose to identify with that label.  Taking hormones and transitioning is not required to be trans, nonbinary, or anything else.  Having a gender identity that differs from your assigned gender at birth is all that's needed to be considered trans as well as nonbinary (assuming that the gender identity isn't a binary trans one as mine is).

You aren't crazy and there's nothing wrong with you.  You will find acceptance in both the trans community and the genderqueer communities.  Both tend to do a sort of radical acceptance of all who come because we are often rejected by those around us.[/quote]

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