As a straight person trying to educate myself

[gay texan]

2. I'm very glad you asked this question

This is how we come to understanding!

In my own personal experience:

My gender incongruity comes and goes and at times its background noise in my thoughts or it's full on alarm bells.

You could say that I've learned to live with it. Wearing clothes of the gender I feel deep down, calms the storm to a degree.

There are times that I would rather have female parts if I knew it would calm the storm down permanently, but it's a hell of a gamble.

I've read that some of us can "microdose" hormones to keep things under control.

My biggest fear I suppose of transitioning is acceptance from the outside world: that's my biggest personal hurdle.

This is not to say I'm miserable, I'm rather far from it. Once I learned that it was completely ok to be gay and ride the gender spectrum, I learned to love myself.

I dont know what the future holds, as the alarms get stronger over time. I hope this helps!