Quote from: Jaime on November 06, 2012, 11:11:02 AM
I waited til I was 40 and look how horrible I turned out.   Still happy though.

It is not nice to lie about your appearance on this forum. You should be honest 

Quote from: Brooke777 on November 06, 2012, 11:12:37 AM
It is not nice to lie about your appearance on this forum. You should be honest 

Who's lying?  The picture came with the profile.

There was a weird reading comprehension edit:

Anyone who doesn't believe in male privilege should take a crash course in feminism and intersectionality.

Class statements are not "blanket statements." Priveledge is determined by class, not individuals. For example, saying "America most powerful man is black so blacks are not underprivileged" is silly. It's easy to see how as a class who had privilege or who does not.

Social programs for classes and affirmative action is designed to wipe out priveledge. Fearing that someone else ultimately having the same power as you will decrease your power is a privileged thought.

You must accept views of priveledge as a class. Looking at individuals to wipe out the struggle of the class is how people get to be bigots.

Transwomen lose priveledge as female class and also by being GLBT (CIS priveledge)

Losing white male privelege is absolutely a hard thing for transwomen to accept. The attributes of a lifetime of privelege are still there (talking more, having your opinion count, violence, safety )

Most late transitioners do so late because of a societal expectation of what life should be and how to act. Male is good, female is bad. This is what causes privelege.

If you do not acknowledge your privilege and transition with sexist beliefs, your used as fodder for anti-trans groups.

Quote from: Jaime on November 06, 2012, 11:11:02 AM
I waited til I was 40 and look how horrible I turned out.   Still happy though.

Pshaw

Quote from: Jamie D on November 06, 2012, 03:06:26 PM
Pshaw

See! I am not the only one who thinks you are full of it 

Im 36 started this journey when i was 34. I've been on hormones for almost 2 years had FFS about 10 months ago will be having BA hopefully before X-mass and SRS sometime next year. I'm 5'11 3/4" : P 165 LBS and as far as I can tell I pass everywhere I go.

I have also noticed the lack of 30 something transitioners....Hmm?

My wife, who does not post here, started estrogen at 32 and is a 42DDD at 35 (actually, she'd hit 42C by six months); she hasn't been misgendered since the first 4-6 months of HRT. The last time someone met us both and knew ONE of the couple was a trans woman, they guessed it was me. To be honest, among all the trans women I've met who did begin transition after 30, only one was having problems with being misgendered by the end of the first year.

I started self medicating at 32 and having electrolysis before going full time just before my 34th birthday.. I wish I'd done it sooner.The results were better than I expected I'm 55 now

I'm 38 years old and am 19 months on HRT. My body has changed a bit, got nice set of breasts (still only fill out a B cup though getting a little squished in the cups). skin is nice, I've also been having IPL hair removal for 6 months now and about to start electrolysis. I have not noticed much change to the shape of my face. I have the usual body hair loss, hips widened a little but not enough for anyone to notice (actually they did and was getting comments last year about it but I soon put on weight and lost my figure). I do have one or two cigarettes a weekend (weekend warrior) and I know I should quit for good. I was using oestrogen patches a few years prior for a year (dubiously sourced) but it didn't make much difference at the time and I didn't touch anything after that as thought I would go the route of psychiatry and getting recommended for legal prescriptions for something that works. I eventually built up the courage and after seeing a psychologist for a year I started seeing a psychiatrist who referred me to a endocrinologist just over a month later. Was easier than I thought and wish I did it earlier. I'm still not full time, I don't pass due to facial features, I am considering FFS as a next goal but I have no way of affording any such surgery at the moment. But i wanted to see what the effects of the hormones had on my face after two years of HRT anyway before considering any surgery. That's still another 6 months away. I have to be a little more patient in my late 30's before chopping up my face. So i tell myself anyway.

I'm 28, so I feel closer to the testimonials of this thread than to the early transitioners. The public health system here in Catalunya covers the whole sex change process, and I'm now waiting for a first visit to the psychologist to be scheduled. I think you have to wait between 1.5 and 2 years for the srs, but I'm just hoping that the HRT starts asap.

It's VERY encouraging to hear the success stories of all you girls. I don't know if the same happens to anyone, but I personally feel very comforted when so many of the things I read make me go "f**k, this person thinks like me!".

I hope that soon my story can also be the tale of a steady but satisfactory transition :-)

Quote from: Melody Maia on February 11, 2011, 04:20:17 PM
Woe is me, as of yesterday I must tender my resignation to this thread. Can anyone point me to the "Transitioning in your 40's" thread? lol.

How do you feel about the waiting period for HRT?  (

I'm 30 and just started HRT and my facial skin is already feeling a lot more soft. I'm pretty in touch with my body so I know it's not my imagination. Other then that, nothing. Feel the same. Of course, it's only been a week lol

Thought I'd check back into this thread to offer encouragement to other people just getting started in their thirties.
I started Hormones November 30th 2012, I just had my 1st/33rd birthday last week and as you can see from my avatar the hormones are working pretty darn well
Thirties is definitely not to late to see excellent results!

I'm nearly 30!  I'm currently 29 and I've been on HRT for 4 weeks.  I turn 30 in September. I've already noticed my skin softening and getting smoother and slight changes in my nipples.  I'm hoping I'll start to notice some big changes by my 30th (which will be about 7 months on HRT)! This thread gives me a bunch of hope!  So many lovelies here!!!!

I'll be 35 at the end of the month, been on meaningful amount level of HRT for just over a month.  The girls are responding well, the right more-so than the left though.  My skin too has gotten really soft and DRY!  Fat still collects on my gut though and my tush could use being a little fuller.  It'll be interesting to see what my endo does to my meds next month.  And the results of my blood work tomorrow.  Oh, body hair hasn't changed either, save for maybe growing a little slower.  Then again, I've been on a good HRT dose a month (low dose before that).

I do get ma'mmed and missed when I'm out, though not all the time.  I even got asked at my writing group, "Did you used to come here?  You look like another tall blond woman who came here years ago." So that was pretty cool!

So far, my transition has been successful enough to let me enjoy it.

Thank you for giving me some hope.  Im about to be 29 and I have been worried about the amount of change that I would see being so old.  Its nice to see other women my age looking great.

Age 30 and 6months hrt here.   everything has been wonderful body reacting well to hrt.   ;-)

Quote from: nazario on March 25, 2013, 12:35:04 AM
Thank you for giving me some hope.  Im about to be 29 and I have been worried about the amount of change that I would see being so old.  Its nice to see other women my age looking great.

I am also 29 and a week or two short of 4 months on HRT. We are actually quite young, so you should consider yourself lucky As others have said, it's never too late. And actually after seeing some of the older transitioners here, the older you are the easier it is to pass with flying colors. Maybe it's a more developed state of mind, or maybe something else. Take a look around, there seem to be very few older MtF's that don't look incredible and undeniably feminine.

A great part about transitioning when you are a bit older is how much younger it automatically makes you look. The before and afters are astonishing.

Quote from: nazario on March 25, 2013, 12:35:04 AM
Thank you for giving me some hope.  Im about to be 29 and I have been worried about the amount of change that I would see being so old.  Its nice to see other women my age looking great.

Oh dear, I went full time at 59.  LOTS of changes; Hee Hee

Hi There,

wel.. so it hss been almost a year since I last posted on this forum and this tread...
Just a little update, I just recently started therapie.
I still don't know where this is going to lead me..
but for now I see thing one step at the time.

I guess this tread helped me in a way to be more relax, and patient.

thank you all,