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Is 23 too late when it comes to transitioning

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by Zeeque, Jan 13, 2017.

  1. Zeeque

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    Title sais everything. I Am 23 now, and im about to make the biggest choice in my life. Its not the first time posting on this forum, nor will it be my last, however its way over due since i last posted..


    That said, anyone have any experience transitioning after 23?
     
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    no, I'm 26 and hoping to start hormones in a few months.
     
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    24, been on hormones for 3 months. Only been 100% (maybe more like 99%) certain on being trans for maybe 6. First started legitimately questioning a year or so ago. Don't recall much dysphoria before maybe 16.
     
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    25 and plan to start seeing a therapist and transitioning once I transfer to a new uni.
     
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    The only reasonable answer: no it's not.

    Would you rather decide that X is too late and live decades in repression? I wouldn't.
     
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    29 looking to start hormones next month....people transition at all different ages, for all different reasons.
     
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    If you're asking about being able to pass easily, maybe, maybe not. Results are usually better when you start as a teen, before your features settle. I'm 47 and will probably never be able to pass as a man, but there's no age when it's "too late" to make the change. The final results (how "convincing" the change is) depends on your own facial and body structure, and on how well your body responds to HRT.

    I know some people who wouldn't consider transitioning if they don't really look feminine (or masculine) as the end results, and others who are simply happy with having the "right parts" even if they do fit the "ugly stereotype" and will never be mistaken for anything but their agab.
     
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    I started when I was 20 or 21. It's never too late!
     
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    24. Just started hormones. So no, it is definitely not too late.
     
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    Video is unavailable. Besides that, thanks for all the possitive posts, its just that im so affraid to come out to anyone / not pass as a female that i still cant for the life of me, talk with anyone on the subject besides people on the interweebs.
     
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    Off topic here; but holy shit Stefan, I didn't know you were on here!

    @OP: I hope all of this has helped in some way. There are plenty of trans people on YT who are documenting their transitions and how they started later in life. I've followed at least two people who started in their 50s and up. So it's never too late to take the first steps :slight_smile:
     
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    The short answer. NO. It's never too late to transition. But... as an older trans chick myself, there are some things that are a little more difficult to overcome thanks to years of testosterone. Examples: I have always been fairly athletic, and even though my build was considered very "sleek" as a male, I now appear "bulky" as a woman. My voice was loved by thousands as a male. Now, I have this awkward sounding voice because I am just now starting to practice voice feminization. After months and hundreds of dollars worth of laser hair removal, my 5:00 shadow is fairly manageable. I sometimes don't even need concealer. And that's just off the top of my head. All of those things would have been issues even had I have transitioned earlier in life, but they wouldn't have been AS bad. Does that make any sense? So, the longer you wait, the more "tiny" obstacles you may have to jump. Oh, and let me say this too. My goal IS to be "passable", which I have pretty much accomplished. Not everyone cares about being passable, and that is perfectly fine. So they may not care about all the "tiny" obstacle I listed. Good luck!!!