Incongruity Between A Person's Birth Gender

If there is incongruity between someone's birth gender and their identified gender it can feel as if they do not belong their body. The following passage from the autobiography Lili describes how this feels, “I am like one who only owns the facade of his house. The mirror in front of him showed him the facade. It was the unblemished body of a man” (Lili). This quote shows how Andreas feels out of place in his body. “I informed an independent opinion, to the effect that I was both a man and a woman in one body and that the woman in this body was in the process of gaining the upperhand” (Lili) is another quote from the autobiography that describes Andreas’ internal struggle. He felt as though there were two humans inside his body and Lili was