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I'm on my second try but it's not looking good so far so I began to wonder how many times others have tried. If you are currently in transition it counts as one. So if you are transitioning right now and it is your first try then you would vote 1.

First and definitely only time.  Took a long time to convince myself their was no other choice, and so glad I did!

Third for me. The first two were in my early and late twenties. This time early 50's. The jury is still out but very diligently deliberating.

I voted once, but a few years back i kinda told a freinds mother that iwas a crossdresser. i spent nearly every minuet at their house in fem mode.

I Dont know if i counts as a transition atempt though. For me it seems like ive been transitioning all my life in secret. and its a breath of fresh air to not have to hide it.

I'm on my second try... hoping it's a success! :)

Start seeing the therapist again on June 3rd.

Third time taking the HRT express for me. I've learnt were I've went wrong from both times before (I think). So this time I plan on (hopefully) riding the 'E' train to its final destination.

I have just started my 2nd transition and will definitely see it though this time!  I postponed the first one after about 8 months on HRT to see if I could further my relationship with my girlfriend - which I should have known would not work out.

this is my second try the first was in my 30s i'm 65 now but things dosen't seem to be going well as useual the system is holding me back i'll keep trying though we know that were women how do they get off telling us what we are going to be

My first transition is female-to-male but after four years on hormones, I realized my identity lies within the non-binary spectrum. I will need to finish my first transition - which would be doing three FTM-related surgeries (top surgery, hysterectomy and if possibly meta). After that, I will begin transitioning to a more androgynous state which would be voice therapy, VFS and hair removal.

Perhaps I can do both transitions at the same time ???

Wow that sounds complicated - deliberately doing testosterone and then haviong VFS again? I hope this complicated thing will work out for you.

Foe me it was one try and that was it. Although I am slightly inclined to half-tick the number two box as I am now sort of experiencing a second wave transition - changing my HT, getting maybe more surgeries - somehow it seems a bit I am now transitioning again :P

I am amazed at how many people have actually tried with HT and all to transition, often in their 20ies or 30ies and then for some reason were able to stop this and only try again in their later life? How? Once I started transitioning, once I got my first hormones - there was no way I could have deliberately said "no" to any of this. It would have killed me. I guess only the most severe circumstances would have done that - loosing everything to stay alive (no job, no money, living on the streets). Or being threatened with death in a bad locale where transphobia is deadly. But even then , I would have done my best to get out of these situations...
I think many pull back because of family and children - once you are that age and have a family it seems to get massively harder. On the other side you have children then, which is great - I never was able to have children, which saddens me.

Post transition here if that's such a thing.  In disclosure: name changed, every relative notified(42 letters), work disclosure, HT, SRS and I really don't care if someone has a problem.
I waited some fifteen years after I knew I could be TS, and certainly set myself up for transition before actually undertaking the task.

Quote from: anjaq on August 03, 2014, 03:10:36 AM
Wow that sounds complicated - deliberately doing testosterone and then haviong VFS again? I hope this complicated thing will work out for you

It is complicated but at the same time, it is very simple.

I let my self-hatred of my female parts overtake my feminine qualities of myself, including my voice. It did not help that the trans community I was involved with at the time held the view that if you are feminine in any way, that you are not a "real" man. It was only once I had begun transitioning and took hormones, that I became comfortable with expressing femininity and I realized that I had essentially let myself become brainwashed into believing if I got rid of these feminine qualities of myself, that I would be "happier" or I would become a "real" man. Neither of these things happened and I am angry at myself for believing such.

Being feminine is a huge part of my identity and I admit I was in the wrong for suppressing myself in the first place, in order to fit a gender stereotype to jump through the hoops... My deepest wish was to be rid of my female breasts, genitals and periods that came with it. I originally didn't have any issues with my voice but I took it for granted, thinking I wouldn't miss it because I had convinced myself that identifying as a male, I would embrace my new male voice... However, the male voice I have is far too deep and it does not match my inside voice, causing a disconnect with my mind and body. My features are androgynous and I look extremely young for being twenty-four. It shocks people when I speak and their reactions, though I shouldn't care, it triggers me when they laugh at my voice.