Personal Narrative: Gender And Sexual Orientation Identity

I feel as long as I can remember I knew my gender and sexual orientation identity. My parents dressed me as a little girl and treated me as little girl since I was born. I do remember my mother telling me from time to time that she was sad that I would not allow her to put me in frilly dresses when I was toddler and a child. My parents expected me to act as a female, I did so, and I know I am privileged in the fact that my gender identity is the same as what my family and society expects it to be. Growing up I remember my friends solidify my identity as a female as we would talk about things and do things that in our world were consider predominately girl things. Such as talking about boys, shopping, participating in makeovers, etc. As I got older and saw more of the
I learned by reading stories about the LGBT community and even throughout my college courses that I cannot assume a person’s gender. That their name and the way a person looks does not automatically determine their gender.
By me identifying as the gender that the world would assume I am; as a woman and a straight married woman, I know I am privileged. . I have never had to worry about whether my family was going to accept my relationships with others based on their gender. I never had to worry about whether people were going to hurt me physically because of my relationships. I never had to hear people tell me “well maybe someday you can be married legally to the one you love”. In this country same-sex marriage is legal, however it was not always legal and there is a fear that this right could be taken away. Honestly, it is just sad that there are people out there that are forbidden to express who they are really are or who they really love or have to fear that they will be hurt physically or emotionally because of who they love or who they are really are with how they identify themselves. I personally do not have to worry about that but I have people in my life that I know