I want to say again, I'm not against the "T" topics at all and I understand that people need help. The plight of every message board is people ignore the search function and post before reading existing topics. What I don't understand is why social transition has to wait until after physical transition. Isn't it all going on at the same time? Don't we expect our friends and family and even sometimes strangers to treat us differently after coming out and in some cases BEFORE physical transition begins? Regardless of where you are in physical transition, once you've come out, social dynamics change and you hope people see you for who you really are and not what you're not. I still don't understand why we're not seeing more of these threads. popping up, but we have "T" threads out the wazoo. To me, there is more to life then getting on T.
As far as older trans folk not wanting to give back to the younger in transition. That's a damn shame. Everyone was starting out at some point and I don't see answering questions as a bad thing. If you don't want to answer questions, don't. But I do believe some of the questions are valid and should be answered by someone. I'm glad I know someone older in transition in real life. Sure helps me. I hope to pass that onto someone else down the line.
