There is a corner of the Forums specifically for trans teens or anyone with questions about gender identity. Sexual orientation and gender identity are not the same thing. Often, children do not know how to verbalize this experience, but it may emerge subconsciously, in things like dreams. These dreams and other events started me thinking. I was and am, Sarah.
Some people first identify as gay or lesbian and then later come out as transgendered.
Slowly, the old disorienting feelings return. Being transgendered is, for some, difficult and challenging. It can be profoundly disorienting to have one's internal and external realities so far apart. And society, as we've all experienced, is deeply uncomfortable with people who step outside of traditional gender roles. Effeminate men are so often targets of violence for this very reason.