Realized at age 4 that I wanted to be a girl, but out of fear started repressing it.

Started to seriously consider that I fell under the transgender umbrella at 29.

Started HRT at 32 (17 months ago) while still convincing myself that I was non-binary to avoid transition.  4 months later I was finally honest with myself and accepted that I did need to transition.

Started hair removal in December.

Started living part time in January (age 33). I'm now living as a female at all times outside of work.

Transitioning at work 12 days from now.

I've made the conscious decision to live as myself almost a year ago, and if you're nonbinary, that's about half of transition right there (for better and for worse). I wish I could say that there are more than two things I need to do to live as myself, but until society is willing to acknowledge that I exist, that to-do list will be short and somewhat superficial.

Anyways, the rest should come along in the next 2-4 years I'm sure.

Quote from: Lo on September 08, 2013, 10:29:30 AM
I've made the conscious decision to live as myself almost a year ago, and if you're nonbinary, that's about half of transition right there (for better and for worse). I wish I could say that there are more than two things I need to do to live as myself, but until society is willing to acknowledge that I exist, that to-do list will be short and somewhat superficial.

Anyways, the rest should come along in the next 2-4 years I'm sure.

lol Just thought to say you didnt say the age though

I realized that I was trans when I was 32... was in therapy two months later, on HRT six months after that, and fully transitioned by 11 months after I figured it out. (I had GRS almost exactly 3 years after my instant of revelation.) So far I'm very happy I did it.

This is always an interesting question. The answer should be 19 (18, just barely), but a few weeks shy of my 21st I put it all on hold. Maybe only for six months but it didn't work out like that. So then it turned out to be about 29. But then... 26 when I decided it wouldn't stay on hold and I wanted to get a place far away from my home-town - something that caused major problems when I was transitioning originally - and that dragged it on a couple years or so... and the irony is, for the most part I had to suffer being stuck in that town anyway. All that messing around was for NOTHING.

I think better support when I was late teens would have made a MASSIVE difference. I can't imagine. I had alleged support from one person but actually they either were or were not utterly dishonest to me (depending on how you interpret it) - but it knocked my head in regardless. So much that I didn't tell anyone else for another eight years, roughly*. And that person dumped on me too eventually, but, whatever.

(*That isn't quite true. I told someone in London in 1994. I got blind drunk at some event and found myself wondering the streets aimlessly in the early hours [DON'T ASK!!]. This nice gay fella rescued me - took me for a coffee - and grilled me a bit. He kinda figured it out somehow - he eyed me squarely and said, what's the deal, you're not gay, but you sure aren't straight - so I admitted it. I said, well, I was getting a sex-change a while back but I sort-of stopped. But I had no idea who he was so it didn't seem to matter... just a random thing. BTW, he said no way would I be 'stopped' forever and gave me a wink. LOL. So if the guy with greenish hair from London, Sept '94, ever improbably happens to read this - never caught your name - hi! Never told that story in public before.)

Anyhow it was 15 years ago. I can't believe how old I am now. But that's a whole other can or worms for elsewhere, maybe.

I "officially" came out around the age of 15-16 and started T a few months after I turned 18, then had top surgery shortly after. I'm a year on T right now, and October will be when I'm a year post op. Looking into a full hysterectomy and bottom surgery right now. I don't think I have a terribly complicated transition time line, but then again my memory is shoddy.

Sometimes it feels ridiculous to me when I consider how long I felt there was something different about me, that it took me so long to start dealing with the issue. I came out to myself at 32 and started therapy. I'm currently 33, still in therapy, and delaying HRT for the purpose of dealing with an underlying cardiac issue as well as preserving sperm for a "fruitful" marriage.

At the present, it looks like starting HRT will be my 34th birthday present to myself.

Quote from: LilDevilOfPrada on September 08, 2013, 11:26:05 AM
lol Just thought to say you didnt say the age though

However old I am "in 2-4 years". Yannow... whenever I start counting, that is!

I'm 24 right now, if that helps. ;P

I think my point was that I'll probably be dead by the time the law here in the US will allow me to officially transition.

I'm 19 going on 20 (Oktober) and I've started actually doing something (clothes, binder, coming out) since may this year. though I came out as genderqueer when I was 16ish.

I came out to myself at about age 22, started self administered HRT with about 23 and finally had surgery with 26, that was 13 years ago, so @Janine - I think we are close to each other in respect of timeframe - didnt find a subforum or thread here with others in that timeframe. Would be cool to talk to others that transitioned that long ago at that age and how it feels like to now heading towards getting 40 - an age I never though I would reach when I was much younger.

BTW, this should have been a poll, would be interesting to see the transition age spectrum here.

I started asking psychologists, doctors, etc. to transition when I was almost 18. I got to see the psychiatrist a bit before I turned 20, and he finally recommended me for HRT right before I turned 21. I've been on HRT ever since, and sadly my chest is still pretty male except for the sensitivity. Now I'm 22, and my time on HRT is below.

Edit: I think I forgot the most important detail. I transitioned (that is, applied my name change everywhere [still need to do my health insurance card], started dressing female, etc.) this summer, things solidifying with school starting again and coming out to my classmates two weeks ago.

i had just turned 18 when i started hormones. but i started transitioning when i was 16

Transition at 16 and HRT at 18. Even I can be envious    - Ok, HRT at 16 or 14 would be even better, but that is seriously rare ...

yes. i am very simple minded. it was now or never. always have been. now at 20, ill be going in for srs in feb. worked two minimum wage jobs just to get the money. not so easy. like i always say, if you want it bad enough , nothing will stand in your way

I'm 37, still not on HRT yet

Hopefully starting soon...

you will get there. what steps have you taken yet? have you seen a therapist?

Mine number was 43
Should have been 16

So finally came out to myself 14 months ago, after years of knowing and denial.
Have had 13 months of laser with good results and started electro.

Started seeing a therapist 2 weeks ago, came out to her in the first session. It was very hard.
Saw my GP yesterday for blood work and a gender therapist referral next week again another hard step.
What next, blood work results and hrt, finally after all these years of pain.

I am amazed with the support so far from the therapist and GP.

Felt a bit anxious about the pace but what the heck.

J

I was 32 when I started my transition and I just turned 33 last month. When I was 16 I knew that I needed to transition but didn't have much info and didn't think to look online so I stopped that line of thinking because it was "crazy."   

Amy

I hate if that happens. Being age 16 and just not really getting the info. Eventhough it is out there, even though there are so many transpeople in the media (though not always examples one wants to follow). But 1996 when you were 16 - yes that was the time I transitioned. Indeed the information was limited online at that time, that is true. And I remember when I was in that time, the only real life place I knew some people who are in some way weird in a similar way than me was a drag queen dance club. Luckily I knew how to use online information at that time. With 16, that was harder - I think AOL and Compuserve and USENET were about the only internet thing back then . So you became the girl that waited, Amelia - indeed - long did you wait but finally the doctor came, right - Love that theme

Quote from: anjaq on September 12, 2013, 09:55:34 AM
I hate if that happens. Being age 16 and just not really getting the info.

If only I had a DeLorean. 

Quote from: anjaq on September 12, 2013, 09:55:34 AM
Eventhough it is out there, even though there are so many transpeople in the media (though not always examples one wants to follow).

I agree, most of the trans people I saw in the media were either those on Jerry Springer (who were more likely just actors playing trans people) or transgender prostitutes getting arrested. 

Quote from: anjaq on September 12, 2013, 09:55:34 AM
But 1996 when you were 16 - yes that was the time I transitioned. Indeed the information was limited online at that time, that is true. And I remember when I was in that time, the only real life place I knew some people who are in some way weird in a similar way than me was a drag queen dance club. Luckily I knew how to use online information at that time. With 16, that was harder - I think AOL and Compuserve and USENET were about the only internet thing back then .

Unfortunately, I gave up before I even thought of going online. I'm still kicking myself for that one but oh well, hindsight is always 20/20.

Yeah, that was about the entire internet. 

Quote from: anjaq on September 12, 2013, 09:55:34 AM
So you became the girl that waited, Amelia - indeed - long did you wait but finally the doctor came, right - Love that theme

Thank you!

Aside from calling myself Amelia Pond, the main reason I choose to call myself the girl who waited is because I think it is a very good metaphor for describing my gender identity.

Amy