> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 5 evergreens</em></s> #### [[You can discover your transness at any point in life]] Through the [[Gender self-socialization model]] we can see that children don't have to be forced to conform to their assigned [[gender]] or have their true gender shunned in order to repress themselves. While many in the trans [[community]] have obvious signs from their [[childhood]], lack of those signs doesn't mean they weren't there and doesn't make your transness any less valid, [[Our understanding of gender begins at a very early age]] so you very well could have understood your [[gender]] and simply be unable to remember it because:: [[Trans children will repress their dysphoria if they have been effectively taught it is unacceptable]]. This is why:: [[Any experience of gender is acceptable]]. ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/GREEN *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[Transgender people]], [[self-actualization]], [[human experience]], [[coming out]], [[gender]]