When did you come out?

[Tommi]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

I was very young when I realized that I was a boy, but had a girls body. I wasn't even in school yet. I think I was about 3 or 4 yo.

Me too Andrew. I never identified in that bio body.

My Mom knew, and my Gramma nicknamed me Tommi before I ever started school: said I was never going to outgrow the tomboy phase. She made it okay for me to be Roy Rogers, Superman, and General Thomas. They made me cowboy shirts and decorated my jeans to match, and taught me little boy manners.
I took responsibility for guarding my girlie cousins and beating off the boys. I will have to pull out the old pictures. Young Superman flew off the back porch roof at 7 wearing a red bath towel, and my favorite jeans. What a fast free fall, and broken nose.

I was very fortunate, as my Mom was gay too.. Although she remained married to "him", and was in the closet until I graduated from high school, she was my big butch mentor. "he" was insanely abusive, and tough on both of us, so we ran away from home as soon as i was out of school, and lived happy, gay and carefree in SO Cal. well....not always, but, I feel I have been "out" since I was born.