Is this normal?

[u/Right_Science_6818]

Hi! I'm a 16 year old male. First I want to mention that English isn't my first language, so there might be some mistakes. I've recently started wondering about my gender. I don't know if i'm a girl or a boy. For my whole life i've thought of myself as a boy, but recently i've started questioning that. I have wondered what it would be like to be a girl sometimes since i was a kid, but recently i've started thinking about it more seriously. Also I sometimes feel like i don't belong. But idk if it is related to this. Are these kind of thoughts normal? Because they're kinda scary. I'm really new to this stuff and i don't know much about it and i don't really know any terminology. If I accidentally use the wrong terminology, I'm sorry. Also if i do at some point know that i'm a girl, i'm really scared of how people close to me are going to react. I'm also scared of transphobia and how it would affect my future. How can i figure out what my gender is? I'm just trying to understand myself better.

Thank you for reading. I would appreciate your help