My honest thought reading that was that I don't see that as very atypical. Or rather that atypical experiences like that are pretty typical. Vaguely having some things in childhood that could have just been a boy playing around but not actually being able to process any of it for years due to processing trauma instead until it comes together all of a sudden? I've heard that one before!
For me I don't think I'd ever be able to afford it and I don't think I'd ever be in a position socially where I could safely come out. And I don't always feel that strongly about it, sometimes I think if I had been born a woman I'd just want to transition to being a man. Sometimes I think it'd be cool to just have a vagina but still be a man or get an orchiectomy and leave it at that but I can't see committing to either one.
Alyx, Alyx! Y-y-y-burp-you gotta listen to me Alyx! We can't make club sandwiches anymore because of the Combine. The Combine have bread lines, Alyx. It's a l-burp it's a lazy metaphor for communism, Alyx. Alyx. Alyx? Are you a f-burp-an of Joss Whedon, Alyx? I sure do love his style of h-humor and quirky characters.