My childhood was in many ways indistinguishable from many cis femme lesbians in the fact that involved an aggressive rejection of femininity and complicated relationship with it until my 20s (years after transitioning actually). But yeah no it’s kinda funny to me that early on I felt insecure for my childhood not matching the “proper trans childhood” until I started talking to cis gay friends and learning that some very feminine ones had a buzz cut and combat boots when I was growing a denial beard.

But yeah I always knew I wanted to be a girl, it’s just that sometimes that girl wanted to be one of the boys