I also believe being bullied somehow "plays a part" in cross dressing.
But for me it started while I was a sick coddled baby, often don in babydolls and diapers, taking growth hormones for being internally under developed, in and out of the hospital, till I was 6.
Mom was a major influence while Dad was often away working.
I played a lot with my girl cousins, was always around females.
I struggled throughout grade school for being skinny and frail. Mom was always around.
Once I started developing breasts (those growth hormones?!?) in 6th grade and in gym class, always in shirts and skins team play as skins, and a boy with breasts.
I got a severe beating by a bunch of boys, called a fairy, and ended up back in the hospital for 6 months. Mom freaked!
At thirteen a saw a therapist and was influenced to explore my feminine side as my breast grew bigger than girls in my high school years.
I was bullied in Virginia many times in my teens, till Mom and I left to live in N.W. Indiana and I was able to present as Candice my senior year in High School. That's when all the bullying ended and I was actually liked and accepted. It was a awesome time in my life.
I was coy, coddled, a "C" personality as a slim kid with long hair, breasts and shy, who played with girls.
....all my friends call me 
