I have this friend. She is extremely butch and now considers herself a lesbian. She tried the straight route in her younger years and actually gave birth to a daughter and then a set of twins. A boy and a girl. When the twins were five they started making very noticeable changes that I do not consider a "phase". Little Blake took to wearing his older sisters bras under his shirt. He loved Barbies and what would be considered girls toys. He really wanted his nails polished so his mom allowed him to paint his toenails as long as he wore shoes out of the house. She wasn't all that happy when she caught him wearing his sisters bra though. I was there one day and she got upset saying "are you wearing your sister's bra again??" and Blake looked so ashamed. It was really sad. Now Blair is the little girl who I think should have been born a boy. She wears nothing but boys clothes. She often steals her twin brothers clothes. Including underwear. She wears caps and only plays with boys toys. She even spits. lol I really noticed the difference on Christmas when Blake and Blair traded toys. Both of their eyes just lit up upon trading Hot Wheels for Barbies. My friend, their mother, has since decided that her gender identities were switched somehow in her womb. I'm a strong believer that that is exactly what happened. The twins are now almost 13. They now receive the kinds of gifts at Christmas that they prefer. Their older sister who is comfortable in her female identity helps her brother with his make-up. Blake still only dresses and wears make-up at home and he does get sad when he sees his twin getting to wear all of her boy gear to school. I don't think Blair is looked at funny because clothing can be so gender nuetral. Blake has to be content with his toenails painted and wearing a training bra and girls panties under his clothes. I am just glad that their mom is now okay with it. What do you guys think?
(I did not use opposite gender pro-nouns because these kids have yet to say they are the opposite gender yet...I do see it coming though. So does their mother)