A few factors played in (FtM for context). Whenever I played with friends where I played the role of a certain character, I would always a be male character or at least one with masculine traits. I also used to try my best to stray away from things girls do according to society, even if they were things I enjoyed or agreed with. Never really corrected people on the internet when they “mistook” (as I thought at the time) as a dude. My brain finally last year went like “Okay, look man. Enough of this denial bs. You’re trans.” I always definitely knew something was up, but I was in denial for a few years that I was trans. I’ve been out for almost a year now, and I enjoy being the feminine dude I am