Did anyone else knew they were ‘different’ at a young age and didn’t realize it until later?

I had thoughts of performing gay sexual activities things I shouldn't have known about years before puberty. I also began crossdressing at this time.
7 or 8 maybe

 

At age 8 or nine I sorta realized that I was as interested in girls as I was with boys. I spent a lot of time trying to convince myself it was just my body consciousality and I wasn’t aware or the lgbtq community. Recently I have learned who I am/

 

I thought it was normal to think girls and boys were pretty when i was younger when i got to middle school and gave my really close girl bff a little smooch in class that's when it dawned on me that i wasn't normal

 

Funny I was driving to work this morning, and mid traffic i realised how long there has bee signs that i identify as a girl, i can trace back to being 4 years old and being told by my father, you are a boy stop acting like that or ill put you in a dress. now being older i know that i liked playing with dolls and playing house, because thats what girls do and thats what i am