I believe that when you are born, your gender is placed upon yourself by the genitals you are born with. As you grow older, you start to realize that you get to choose how you identify yourself and that society is more diverse than just the two “normalized” genders, male and female. As your life progress, you learn how you set yourself as publicly and embrace the life you want to live, regardless of what society has to say. Some parents may only see you as their child and you are going through a “phase” but its more than just that. You want to be seen as the person you want to be, not for someone to judge the way you look, or go about your life. There will always be people who criticize you but you have to learn that you are you. You need to understand how your put yourself as and want yourself to be identified as.