Transitioning Later in Life | Part One: Getting to Your Answer

I’m 63 and I was wanting to transition 6 years ago. I was told no you don’t want to. At a much younger age I had no one to help me. Now 4 doctors later doing it and I can not be any happier. I’ve been into it for six months now. I want everyone to know and with the help of a friend that I love so much everyone will. Thank you for your videos they are so well made 💕

I’m 26 and I thought this was applying to me but I see it is beyond my age. I really hope your age doesn’t scare you from transitioning. I wish everyone the best! Much love and hugs!

For me at 47, one year of HRT. I lost some friends and family. Yet I don't live a lie anymore. Thats freedom to my heart. Thank you for your videos.

I'm 76 just started Hrt 2months ago. If I knew how this little step would change my outlook on life, I would have started years ago. Life is brighter now.

i started hormone when i was 37 and i have been on them for a year now. i would have done it alot sooner if i didnt have so many things get in the way of it. i was also afraid of the negative stuff i heard about hormones. i always felt like a guy and never a girl. i also didnt want to make my mom upset. everytime she mentioned it she would get tears in her eyes. she ended up passing away and i eventually thought i cant upset her now she is not here. i was never married or ever had kids. so my phyciatrist found a hormone dr. that was not to far away and i went to him. i dont regret taking hormones. now i like the way i look. before T i was picking apart my looks and now im not. i realize now that i was doing that without thinking i looked to female kind of blocking that out. i know that was keeping me from being depressed at the thought. so i would just think im ugly. anyway i like the way i look now i look 100% male.

I started transition a few years before I turned 50. I had a bunch of kids, divorced from an abusive partner, with a very transfobic and loudspoken parent, with a career (well... anyway), in a small conservative town where I know almost everyone, where I previously had tried and failed to transition in my youth. In short: I had almost everything against me. Yet it turned out so much better than I ever had imagined. I still have all the things above mentioned (including the transfobic parent), and I haven't lost anything. Instead I gained a whole lot of things I didn't have before, like new friends, a social life, respect (yes), and above all: I. Gained. My. Life. What would it all be worth if I had endured all the time between my birth till the end of my days (it couldn't be called "life") without ever living as myself? It would be a true waste of time. What I want to say is: just because you have something in your life now, and you are afraid of loosing it, it doesn't mean you necessarily are going to loose it because you transition. Yoy may keep things that are valuable to you, and they might even turn out better than you imagine.

I'm in my forties and questioning my gender identity. It's refreshing to see vlogs by an intelligent middle aged person, not just someone whom is young. The terms non binary, gender fluid, etc, are new to me, so I'm trying to get my head around what they all mean. I'm only at the beginning of my journey of gender discovery, and I don't really know where to go. For all my life I've understood that you are ether male or female, defined by genitalia, or transitioning from one to permanently become the other, so it's all a big learning curve for me. I am confused about myself n don't know where I am on the spectrum, nor if I am on the spectrum at all, but I'm really liking your vlogs.

Hey Sara , I'm a MTF who has begun to transition into my female self and I also am up in age 56 yrs old and yes the price to be your true self is usually a high price to pay the loss of my wife, my two Boys (24,17) yrs of age, job but I couldn't be myself , yes my wife knew the 24 yrs we were married but wouldn't talk about this when I would try to over the years! there is A BIG SADNESS, BUT my mental health is good idon' t think of suicide anymore! and the pure joy I feel getting dressed as a woman EVERY DAY IS SO FANTASTIC I FEEL SO GOOD! HOPEFULLY MY SON'S WILL REALIZE AND WANT TO BE IN CONTACT WITH ME BUT IF NOT THEN SO BE IT .YES THE DECISIONS are hard but at any age if you're trans and happen to be married with children that is the difficult choice. but YES one must weigh the pros and cons. love ya since I found your channel!!

This is Jennifer Sinclair. Although I am not transgender, I am 54 yrs old and am having top surgery in December and I will be so RELIEVED. I am so excited.

I was concerned about transitioning after puberty has finished, yet seeing people older then 20 being able to transition makes my mind be at ease. thank you for this video!

Thank you so much for this video. I am 66 and just beginning my transition. I started seeing a gender therapist 2 months ago, also attending a weekly support group and 3 weeks ago started HRT. Love all your videos and your book. Your compassion and kindness comes through so clearly and is very much appreciated. Very much looking forward to Part 2 of this video.

I’m happy and isn’t that what life is about. I’ve waited forever for this and now it’s happening. I love me! 💕

29 years old here, at the time of writing this comment. Just getting started on my journey, understanding myself, figuring out whether I'm trans or not, and boy is it encouraging to know that there's never a 'wrong' time to transition. Much love to everybody watching this.

Hello everyone that reads this . I am over 60 (born male) I have grown up being adopted by a couple that were childless . My adoptive mother had grown up children already with one with them invalid . My adoptive father gave me girls toys , mother gave me, boys toys , father died when I was 8 . So for the rest of my life growing up as a confused boy . I related to girls as I grew up, not boys but not sexually attracted to boys . I have had the joy of living virtually as a woman in a online virtual world for the past 5 years . lately ,thinking about possibility of commencing a real life transition to the real inner me . Your videos are encouraging , thank you .

Hi Sara, I started my transition in my very late 50s . Saddest part was loss of my wife but excellent support from my children and friends. I made so many new friends. I am so much better as a person. HRT was soooo beneficial . There are big negatives but so many positives. I can't go back it would kill me.

Wow I had been worried being 27 that it wouldn't be worth the heartache of possibly losing my family and most of my friends (what's left after coming out with my orientation..) this video and the people commenting really helps

I'm 32 and I've just started my transition. It's already a very difficult thing for me at this age, so it much be so tough for an older person. I have nothing but respect for a person in that age range that has the courage to make this change. You are stronger than I can ever imagine, coming from your generation and the mindsets behind being trans it must be so tough. The fact that you lasted as long as you did with crippling gender dysphoria shows how strong you guys are and I hope that you can now become happy and the person that you deserve to be.

Dara. Thank you so much for this video. After 12 years in counselling it was my wife’s decision to ask for a divorce which finally helped me transition. She saw that I needed to transition and I tried so hard to cling on to my marriage as non binary. But it wasn’t my truth. Finally completing my surgeries and socially transitioning at 62 has been a revelation. No regrets just feeling so blessed to finally come home to Self.

I'm 31 and I've finally been unable to hide it anymore. I want to do it asap so I can live the last half of my life happy.

Very happy to see a new video ! And this one is very needed.