The poet says at this time in their life it feels like 'there is a particular weight on gender', but they don't identify with being

Grace Dunham has detailed their powerful journey to realizing that they don't solely identify with being a man or a woman, as they admit that they still struggle with body image and self-acceptance.

The 24-year-old writer and activist shed their clothes and opened up about their experience for a special season of StyleLikeU's empowering video series, The What's Underneath Project, which is airing exclusively on Fullscreen.

'I'm like I don't know if I want to be a man. I don't know if I want to take hormones. I don't know if I want to get top surgery,' Grace says in the clip. 'I don't know if I'm a woman. Like when am I going to f*****g figure it out? When am I going to get there?'

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Promoting confidence: Grace Dunham stripped down to their underwear during an appearance on StyleLikeU's video series, The What's Underneath Project

Candid interview: The 24-year-old writer and activist opened up about being gender non-conforming

Grace says in these moments they have to turn to friends, or come up with a personal reminder that being gender non-conforming is where they are at now.

'I think at this phase in my life it feels like there is a particular weight on gender and trying to adequately communicate I'm not a woman, but I'm not a man,' they explained.

The poet recalls dealing with the expectations of being a stereotypical 'so-called teenage girl', while 'obsessively' thinking about being physically intimate with their female peers.

Being honest: 'I think at this phase in my life it feels like there is a particular weight on gender and trying to adequately communicate I'm not a woman, but I'm not a man,' they say

Looking back: The poet recalls how they came out as a lesbian at 17, but they still struggled with their identity

Grace admits that they imagined they would just go to college and 'accidentally' sleep with a woman and say that it never occurred to them to do that before, but they enjoyed it.

'I slept with a woman for the first time when I was 18 — the night I graduated from high school,' Grace says, adding that 'it was perfect'.

'I found that the experience of doing something that I spent my entire life intensely visualizing, it was as good or better that I imagined it would be,' Grace notes. 'It was a sense of relief.'

Non-conforming: 'I'm not a woman, but I'm not a man,' Grace explains in the clip

Ongoing journey: Grace admits that they are still learning to be accepting of who she is

Grace came out to their best friend Emily during a casual conversation at the age of 17, and told their artist parents Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham a month later.

The writer explains that after they came out, they had to constantly remember that it is only okay for them to be gay as long as they are 'perfect in every other way' because they still saw their identity as shameful.

'I think I was really confused,' Grace says. 'I was like, but I am having sex with women? I'm out. Everyone knows I'm a lesbian. What is this feeling I am having? Why am I still feeling a lot of shame? Why do I still hate my body?

Sisterly love: Grace's older sister Lena shared this photo in honor of her birthday in January

Night on the town: Grace can be seen after a film screening in New York City in March

Finding herself: Grace is pictured with their sister in 2010 (left) and at Refinery29's F**k The Fashion Rules panel in 2015 (right)

Grace recalls trying on one of their friend's chest binders and how it flattened their breasts.

'I liked what I saw so much in a way I truly hadn't since I got breasts,' Grace says.

Grace goes on to say that befriending transgender activist Reina Gosset helped them realize that they were trans.

The activist explains that before, they thought that being transgender was a 'very clear binary journey' where there were only two gender to choose from.