I never had to come out to my parents, I guess I was lucky in that way. Almost as soon as I could think and speak for myself it was pretty obvious to anyone around me that I wanted to be a boy. I'm glad I never hid it. I was born into the wrong sex. A lot of my family probably just saw it as a harmless 'tomboy' thing, but I know it was more serious than that.
Tomboys are just girls that like to do boy things, they're quite happy with being female.
I was really a girl. I had my hair as short as my parents would let me, which became shorter as I got older. And I insisted on wearing clothes from boys sections of shops. When I was possibly around 7 years old I refused to wear underwear, I didn't want anything meant for girls. As they thought I should be wearing some underwear at least my parents gave in and bought me boys pants instead, sometimes I even wore boxer shorts but not a lot as I found them uncomfortable under trousers.