Does anyone else think their sexuality was obvious as a child?

Not me. I'm still the "straightest" lesbian I know. XD

 

Not so much sexuality but gender. And in hindsight, oh hell yes, it was. Saying at six, seven years old that I wanted to be a boy and having no interest whatsoever in girl stuff. Always pretending to be a boy when playing games, among other things.

And yet it still took me 24 years to figure it out.

 

One of my strongest memories dates to when I was 12, nearly 13, and first saw guys my age naked in the locker room after PE classes, and found myself interested in what I saw. I didn't understand it was sexual attraction then--and later found plenty of ways to deny it--but that time--and the memories of the strong feelings--were Exhibit A that proved beyond a reasonable doubt that I'm gay.

There may be things earlier... I can't say for sure. But I do recall having perhaps a little too much interest when a Hardy Boys books had the boys stripping to their underwear before diving into Barmet Bay after a clue of some sort. (I wonder what my reaction would have been at 10 had I read one of the first Hardy Boys books, published ca. 1930, in which they'd go swimming apparently totally naked.)

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And yes, looking back at the locker room incident, I'd say it was pretty obvious I'm gay. But...at that time, I didn't know enough to understand what was going on. I knew the world "gay," but only as an insult boys used.

 

looking back I definitely looked forward to the Victoria secret fashion show a little too much.

 

I don't think I was obvious at all except for the fact that when I was younger I was a MAJOR tomboy, but other than that nothing really stands out, at least not things that were very noticeable.

 

Ummm no.
I was quite straight as a child ( only had romantic fantasies with girls, few).

 

Does a boy reading Nancy Drew books count?

 

Pretty obvious.. mostly because I was drawn to shirtless men on TV ads. There's always been something about the male physique that has interested me. I never had the same curiosity for the female body. Never had crushes on girls either.

To others, probably not. My behaviour was no different to other boys.

 

In hindsight, I think it was pretty obvious, but at the time I had no idea, and it never occurred to me. I merely discarded things like looking at boys in the locker rooms as mere curiosity.

 

Who knows?

I read them, too, and I think at times probably liked them better than the Hardy Boys. But it wasn't necessarily being gay as much as liking the plots better. It seemed like Nancy got more fun cases involving spooking mansions, etc in the books that were commonly available when I was growing up. And at times, Nancy Drew was, I think, the better written series--although given the standards that were in place in the 60s and 70s that's not saying much.

I also liked Trixie Belden, which was a girls' series, but had some strong male characters. I think I might have even had a crush on one of Trixie's brothers.

 

Hmmm, yeah when i was 12 in my P.E. class it got like really hot so us guys started to take off our shirts, i found myself hard pressed to look away, but i never came to terms with being gay until i turned 17 this year.

 

I know how uncomfortable I was in the changing rooms. Seeing naked girls disturbed me, and I had no idea why. I would turn my back to them, but found myself looking out of the corner of my eye...seriously. How did I not know? Lol

 

In my teen years is when it started to become obvious, In the locker room I would stare at the other boys, but they almost always caught me. I at the same time actually stared at the crotch of other boys when they were changing.

It was always staring that was my unconscious revealing my true sexuality.

 

I just saw the reference to Action Man in the OP.. I used to love them as a kid. I'd always undress them.

 

I had crushes on girls until about 6th grade, but all of my friends were girls and looking back I thought it was pretty obvious. My dad said he assumed I was when I came out to him so... But now people never want to assume I am because they don't want to hurt my feelings but I'm like "come on, it is so obvious. And how dare you think I'm straight!?!" lol

 

Being trans? Nope. Since I was basically neutral with everything. But mostly wore girl stuff since my mom and dad threw it all at me.
But I knew I wasnt straight since I adapted crushes on females at age 8

 

I was a very feminine child, so if we're going by stereotypes, yes, my sexuality was quite obvious as a child.

 

I think when it comes to sexuality it's too obvious for my own good. If I see a hot guy, I'm gonna be distracted for like, ten minutes.

 

Sexuality, pretty obvious. But before I knew I was trans it was assumed that I was straight.

As for gender (expression) that's crazy obvious too. I always played with action figures (GI Joe, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings), loved video games, rough-housed with brothers, made mudpies, flexed my muscles in the mirror, hated makeup, despised dresses, was the king of airsoft battles, enjoyed sports and skateboarding. Even as a young child I had a tendency to never want to wear a shirt - I'd even fight against my mother when she tried to force one on me. I also liked working out, wearing dog tags and tank tops so I'd look military, burped when I ate (and took pride in it), and was obsessed with superheroes. I always wanted to pee in a bottle too, lol.

As far as stereotypes of transmen go, I fit all of 'em to a tee.