When did you discover and accept who you are?

So when did you discover your sexuality or true gender? And when did you accept this?

I discovered being bi at the age of 14 but had a hard time accepting being bi until I was 24.

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TinyViolins · 31-35, M

It took me until I was 23 until I realized I was asexual, and that was mainly because I didn't know what it was. I always assumed I was just too preoccupied for sex.

I had been crossdressing for a few years before that and considered transitioning into a full-time woman for a few years after. I didn't really "feel" like a woman, but I also didn't feel like much of a man. I just felt like me, and it didn't particularly matter what I identified as since I didn't categorize myself like that.

After thinking about it for a couple of years, I just decided it would be more convenient to just identify as a man given that it was how the world saw me. I had the physical traits that were expected of one and didn't want to commit to a life of pretending to be something else. I dunno, that was maybe 3 or 4 years ago. I'm 31 now

I'm still learning things about myself, and I don't think that journey is coming to an end anytime soon, but as far as those two categories go, it was pretty late in life.

Thijs · 31-35, M

@TinyViolins still learning new things about myself aswll. Hard to give everything a place. Nowhere near done learning

Do you only have no intressed in sex or also things like other physical contact?