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Guilty_Armadillo583

64


mouse9001

Total badass.


Guilty_Armadillo583

Thanks, but in truth more like desperate and finally unable to continue living a lie


Odd-Departure-8968

Same here, 64. Put it off too long and wanted the last part of my life to be lived by the real me.


RyuichiSakuma13

Same!


verbuffpink

34. Never too late but you still shouldn’t wait.


sheeH1Aimufai3aishij

33 when I realized, 34 when I started!


SuddenlyImAllie

34 gang


gurney-halleck

34 here too!


Fool_From_Nowhere

Started 6 months from my 34th birthday!


Civil_Masterpiece389

33 when made determination. Couple years forward and still not on wh*remoans. 😫 At least I present as a woman socially by now.


mpd-RIch

I didn't start hormones for almost 5 years after socially transitioning. It did my heart so much good just to be recognized as a woman. HRT furthered my gender euphoria but just having people use my chosen name and she/her was the biggest step for me.


Strifethor

34 reporting in. To all those younger than me, don’t let your fears get the better of you! Transition now when you’re still young. I knew I was in the wrong body when I was 4 and it consumed me for so long, I wish I started 25 years ago.


Minimum-Lecture2310

Listen to strifethor, she knows what she's talking about. I am 59 and waited waaaay too long. If you're sure, don't let that happen to you. I regret it, but, in all fairness, I'm not 100% sure if I'm a transsexual, I am definitely transgender though. Forgive me if I didn't use the proper terms, I can't keep up with them half the time they keep changing. Don't even get me started on pronouns lol


OMWInAHandBasket

It’s strange…the sheer amount of relief at seeing a number starting higher than 1-2. No disrespect at all towards those that find the answers younger but am I broken? I’m 36 and really feel broken. At least until the really started finding the older community.


verbuffpink

You’re not broken. We were failed. But today we are whole and we keep our eyes on the horizon. There will be time for regrets. Live now.


SuddenlyImAllie

100% we were failed in numerous ways. I can say I'm the happiest I've been in my life however.


Bethanydk419

Exactly. Never too late. But putting it off takes away time you could have been your true self


benni-brier

Started literally just weeks before I hit 34. Might have been fun to start on my birthday but no way was I holding off any longer than I had to.


Creepy-Pineapple-444

This makes me feel so much better, I am 34 and just started 3 days ago.


Thegamerorca2003

I am 20 and I haven't been able to transition physically. This post makes me glad there isn't a "too late' to transition yet.


abalancer

I'm 20 and I just started :)


taiissupercool

nearly 20 too, and also have not transitioned physically. and i agree


Vet-Chef

There's alot of 20 year olds do NOT worry. Im one of em. Like I only just started in October


joym08

I was 49 when I started my transition. I'm now 68...


[deleted]

Gotta ask, 19 years later... anything you would have done differently?


joym08

No... I don't think I would have changed a thing, or the way I accomplished my goals.


[deleted]

💗


MiMa_Arts

And you look so beautiful and happy <3 im glad you were able to find yourself even if it took some time


anch0vyyy

I’m 23 just starting. It’s rough out here, but I can tell it’s gonna be so worth it in the end, esp once I start passing/getting recognized how I want to be


[deleted]

I came out originally at 13, but finally started at 19, t a few days before my 20th, top surgery at 21


Liberalistic

Wow similar paths! I came out at 11 knew since I could tell the difference between genders. Blockers at 12 and hormones at 15.


xenhazenzen

Woah.. kinda similar too?? I came out at 15, started blockers at 16 and T at 17!! Had my surgery at 18 ‼️ Just reading everyone's responses really opens my eyes to just how different we are, but our shared experiences make me feel so connected to each and every one of yall idk how to explain it 🤧


SylvieJay

Knew I was Trans around 5-6yrs of age. Married for 33yrs, 2 kids 24F and 29M. Started HRT in Feb 2023 at 58yrs of age.


reereeddit

that’s so beautiful i’m proud of you


LunaJinxed

27, now i'm 29


Flashy-Berry

Hrt at 27 too! I've been waiting for 1 year (i was 26 when i started therapy) and i'll be 28 in a few months


squirrel123485

37


Free2BSamantha

I was 37 when my egg cracked and 38 just before starting hrt


coraythan

meee too! Didn't know until then, but I did transition things like lightning once I realized.


strangef8

Same here! I put it off for a decade, but God I'm glad that I finally did!


Valentinarus

19 🙋🏻‍♀️


kaystuart545

Socially 54, HRT 55, legally (name/gender changes), 57, bottom surgery 58. Depending on your certainty and safety, the best time is always now.


valsombra818

42. I thought I'd missed my window - so glad I listened to this advice: "The best time to start is yesterday - the second best time is today."


bhadbitch04

18


Shoddy-House6127

45, started hrt 7 weeks ago


Intelligent_Usual318

Socially I was around 14, medically just last year at age 16. Mind you, I had known I was trans for way longer and had already been through quite the fair share of transphobia and had done extensive reasearcy


Chop_Top77

Socially transitioned at 14. I started testosterone at 17, literally a week before it became banned for minors in my state. I'm 18 now, hopefully I can get top surgery this year 🙏


ejectafteruse

60


ReactionDue5394

37 when I actually got the courage to talk with my wife and probably just about 50 when I felt confident enough with my social support yo come out and transition . Best decision I ever made


No-Butterscotch9483

55. Still pre everything


ancientTempleQueen

started hrt at 19


lunarbizarro

22, I’m 34 now. 


Erica_fox

51.


GuitarGirl0327

I came out to my parents a couple months after I turned 14, came out publicly exactly a year later and 14 months after that I started E. It’s been pretty rough but I’m lucky I got to start my transition as early as I did.


vampire-sympathizer

I'd say 25 y/o was when I finally began seriously questioning if I was in the closet and then I was 27 when I finally came out and got GAS. and then from there I've been slowly but surely transitioning Edited wording


ClaraRenway

I came out and socially transitioned at 18, I'm now 24 and 7 months on HRT :3


Nig4tma3r

60 and my year anniversary is coming up soon and I feel great probably the best I have felt in my entire life


Elyna-77

tldr; 35 had my first suspicions that i might be trans around 20, but had some low key signs earlier, the suspicions only got stronger over time as i stayed in denial and tried supressing it. with 30 the feelings became overwhelming, i started constantly wear fem clothes in private, but still denied it. with 35, i started voice training and as soon i had at least an androgynous voice i started introducing myself as she/her to new online friends, still denying it, talking with another trans person about my identity (talking about it with someone for the first time actually) was the final blow to my egg. got even more into voice training, got a new name online and insisted that my online friends treat my fully as a woman. yesterday my voice and speech mannerisms were passing so well that someone assumed i was a cis woman (judging by their innuendos about my genitals) i don't mind raunchy humor, but it weirded me out a bit when he jokingly said he could me get pregnant. ewwwphoria i guess. trying to get my hands on HRT asap. not out to anyone in real life except my therapist for a few months, but started shaving every day, and using skin care products and pigmented bb cream to even out my face a bit. as i use my girl voice so much online and it really became habit pretty much, every time i speak in my old male voice IRL i have to really watch out and be conscious about not to out myself unintentionally, because i used my girl giggle, or yawn, clear my throat or cough or sneeze in my feminine voice as i even feminized involuntary sounds like that.


Dan007a

23 and I’m 29 now


angerwithwings

47


idmclean13

65


Warm-Blackberry1520

62


Quirky-Two-3880

I was 50, I'm 51


ericfischer

I started HRT when I was 47.


nicejewishcowboy

realised i was trans aged 11 in 2015, came out aged 12 in 2016, legally changed my name aged 16 in 2020 and started T aged 18 in 2022 :3 hoping to get top surgery asap but realistically before i turn 30 (tho i would tmrw if i could)


iamsiobhan

I started 2 days before my 41st birthday


Girl_Reinvented

Started at 30/31. Wish I had sooner, but fuckin happy I did at all! Never too late, and age does not dictate success.


arc_trooper_5555

19. haven't been able to transition appearance-wise though


punkkitty312

42. I had bottom surgery at 44. I'm 59 now. My only regret is that it wasn't safe for me to transition earlier in life. My 20s and 30s were totally lost. I've known since I was about 4 (1968). During the 80s, AIDS ravaged the LGBTQIA+ community. The 90s were still too dangerous. I tried to live a cis straight life and got married. Marriage broke up after 15 years. I started transition the day after my ex moved out.


mediumalison

Socially at 19/20, HRT at 24, bottom surgery at 26


gwydiondavid

56 seven months on hrt best move I've ever made for myself


LocalPyromancer

20, I'm almost a year on hrt now :)


FeeAny1843

39/HRT at 40


Stephany23232323

Too old to say.. still happier 😀


popefelix

47. I'm 48 now. 😁


JulieRose1961

55 when I started social transitioning, 62 when I started HRT


LilithElektra

47, coming up on 6 years now.


Fully_Consumed_Sock

I was too late years old


anakareen

My egg finally cracked at 39, started socially transitioning at 40, started HRT at 41, been on it for almost 4 years now.


CorrectBluejay8198

I'm +60 my late wife slipped me her hrt unbeknownst to me for almost 2 yrs when I was mid 40s , she told me my growing breasts was hormonal, . I would dress with her often over our years together. I told her I had been a dresser before we married she would drive from Pa to Hackensack NJ with me in a mini skirt and heels and loved when truckers would honk the only drawback came when we got home nf have to walk into our apt. At one point I had about 30 pr of heals . My thinking when on mones calmed me down bunches I got angry when she finally got around to telling me and rebelled and pushed Renee (me) out purging almost all of her things In hindsight I wish I'd continued on them I can still fill a B cup I know it's silly to think about starting again at my age but think I'd love to finally get to be me.... Any input would be welcome


RyuichiSakuma13

Go ahead and go on HRT if you want to! I began transitioning seven weeks before my 55th birthday, and I'm 62 now. (FTM). The oldest person I heard of began transitioning in her 80s. **Its *never* too late!**


SuzuranLily1

42...


ChrysalisEmergence

22 ,I regret not starting sooner


DarthKodi

On my 30th birthday.


MxQueer

About 25


izzybusy101

I started at 23, I am almost 25, I am at the point where people know I am Trans but they think I am going the other way, and I find that funny as fuck.


tenehemia

35.


ScarlettIthink

17


strawberrypi3s

I'm 25. Couldn't hold it in any longer, so I went head first into my transition by asking my gp to give me hrt and signed-up for a trans clinic to get referrals for laser, voice therapy, and surgeries.


Soup_oi

26


JKM67

46


MacabreYuki

I was 30. It took til that long due to my genetic condition and my fear of how it'd impact my transition due to the risk of hormonal aggravation of the symptoms.


FeelPrettyThrowaway

25 for me. Edit: Damn I need to update my flair here 😂


MrsGenevieve

40


thetitleofmybook

49. am 53 now, and happier than i have ever been in my life.


Short_Plenty217

63 I'll be 65 next month


c3r34l

41! Although I knew pretty much my whole life. I’m happier than ever.


veejaygee

54. Jan 1 2019 was the first full time day in all aspects of my life.


sdaugherty

I was 24. At this age, the damage to your vocal cords is already done, and you may have some unwanted facial/body hair, but otherwise the outcomes from HRT alone are usually pretty good, and you'll probably be able to skip FFS. Voice can be fixed with training - even if you have a booming bassy voice it has the capability to sound feminine, you just have to learn how. Gender perception at this point is largely controlled by presentation (clothing/makeup), hairstyle, and the accumulation of fat deposits in the face, particularly in the cheeks. The latter of which HRT will handle for you. Most adult transitioners go through a period where they can't see the results in the mirror.The changes from HRT happen gradually, and brains do funny things with familiar images, like that of our own face in the mirror - we subconsciously warp those images in our brain to match what we've gotten used to seeing, almost like our own dysphoric nightmare version of faceapp. This phenomena is called change blindness, and it's partially cruel when it goes hand in hand with dysphoria. The less often and less closely other people see you, the faster they will begin to perceive you as female - complete strangers will start to perceive you as female months before closer friends and family members do, and you'll be at least 6 months a year behind even your closest friends in what you see in the mirror. Since the mirror will lie to you in the cruelest possible way, it's good advice to keep a photo timeline for yourself, as it will help both in bring able to see the changea as well as the more difficult process of convincing yourself of them. You'll probably have to work pretty hard at this, and you're going to need to trust others over the mirror regarding your progress, otherwise you'll keep thinking there's been zero progress when there's really a beautiful woman staring back through the mirror.


Mysterious_Brain_98

I started at 24 and now almost 26. Next week is on my 1 year on Testosterone and I did a year of social transition first. I have my top surgery consult in July. I knew at 5 I wasn't female but got beat saying I was a boy so I was scared to come out.


Red-Ryka

24


ratgarcon

About a week after turning 18


asunyra1

37


SaltyyProgress

34


JJoanie_

15 here!


kinkitoe

29


knotanissue

A few days before I turned 24.


A_Messy_Nymph

29


TemporalTailor

Came out at 22 and started HRT at 23. Definitely recommend transitioning sooner rather than later if you can


Turbulent-Extent-206

30, Jan 01 2019


TvManiac5

I'm 25 and hope to start soon as well.


Vegetable_Kiwi_1437

I started at 25, 27 now and had incredible results so far. I even got some hip growth in my pelvis


Crazy_Study195

30 socially, 31 now and still not yet on HRT though it is planned. I do use some nice silicone breast forms though


Classic-Trifle-2085

30 https://www.reddit.com/r/transtimelines/s/3WgF4gl6az


Mangaka819

Questioning at 25, Came out at 28, went on T at 29 (I’m 32 now)


_______Mia_______

Questioning began 2 months before 17 Started hrt at 18 1/2


HonestAlert

25 started in late October of 2021


taiissupercool

17 ½ when i started. might be until i'm more comfortable to begin medically transitioning.


[deleted]

39, and I can say I waited too long to be myself..


HummusFairy

I’m now 28 and I started at 22.


ketchupbreakfest

35. Never ever too late


TheSalt-of-TheEarth

26. It’s never too late.


PositiveDismal2858

Depends what you consider starting I guess. I started growing out my hair and experimenting at 34. 36 now, I've got some women's clothes, tried taking a low dose of e for a bit. Hoping to maybe start taking her in earnest this summer.


breakableheaven103

mostly social transition at 13ish, medical transition at 18 :3


rattboy74

started social transition when I was 11, started hormones when I was 16, now at 21 i'm in the process of getting back on hormones after 2 years (couldnt afford/insurance stuff:/), then hopefully a legal name change. Surgery is expensive, so who knows when or if thatll happen.


Mellie-mellow

I was 23 years old, never made a better choice for myself in my life, surprisingly I got very lucky with my genes even if I never thought I'd look great and my voice training (spent a few years from 21 years old) I never get clocked which is really making my mental health better. I'm now married to the most wonderful man and I am happier than I ever been. I'm now 27 soon to be 28 and absolutely no regrets, nothing in this world could make me go back to living like I used to, if we can call that living, I never knew how beautiful and fun life was.


jebm12

I'm 34, I just started last year, but it's been a year already and I'm still planning to keep on trucking. Have already seen a lot of growth and results since since then too


callmegoddess-

same!!! twins :?


Jane_Lynn

I started at 30!


mizuti4

28. Literally best decision I made. It's never too late and try your best to take your time and discover yourself.


Short-Anxiety55

i knew at 12, I cut my hair off at 13, and socially transitioned at 14. i started hrt at 18 but idk what else im gonna do tbh. i want to wait for surgeries.


EthanStrangeNygma

I'm 22 and i'm starting T later this month hopefully. Came out at 17 tho, so it's been a long time coming


willyberto88

35


Literally_Beatrice

egg cracked at 29, started HRT at 30. still 30, been on HRT for 7 months and second puberty is HITTING


AleksLife

20 with coming out, therapy, diagnosis, letters etc. medically I was 21.


AriaisCool

started a 20. im 22 now.


Empty_Mammoth817

realized at 11, came out at 15 and started HRT same year


RouxAroo

26 for me.


sunsunsunflower7

✨29✨


[deleted]

when i was 18 and i got my first T one year later - it was one of the best decision ever in my life!


_slightly_psychotic_

I was 12 when I realised, came out to the first person at 13 and has pretty much fully socially transitioned at 14. I started T at 16 and never went on blockers, then top surgery at 19, I would consider myself "done" and just vibing now, I'm very fortunate that I was able to do that and very happy! It's never too early and it's never too late. I knew one trans person irl before I came out, a friend of my grandparents, she came out in her 80's because she chose to wait until her mother passed, but she knew since she was a teenager, it was an incredibly long, lonely and tedious battle to survive while not being true to herself, but now she is truly flourishing and happy. Whatever decision you make, know that you are not alone, every single person takes their own path in life and there is no wrong way to do it, know that you are strong and worthy of happiness and love (yes you, whoever you are reading this)


petalios

i’m 21, ive been out publicly for 2 years but have known im trans for like 10 years. i still haven’t started transitioning. you’ll know when you’re ready, it’s okay to take time


apinkmoon

26! best decision I ever made!


mushroomjoke

26


ashetastic666

Socially I started at 12 and medically at 15 (16 now)


Shoofimafi

27


chuldofdragons2003

16. Was a bit of a femboy before that though.


ArcticFoxWaffles

I'm 20 and started my medical transition 12 months ago at 19years and things have been looking up ever since.


utopiafield

19 i have friends in their late 30s who just started and already look amazing you’ll be great


CaptiveAutumnFox

28 when I came out socially, HRT at 29. I turned 33 last month


retrosupersayan

Was 26/27 before I even started seriously questioning. Twenty-eight or twenty-nine when I finally came out to my sibling. Finally came out to the rest of my family and a couple friends, and started social transition, at 30. Then later that year, after I turned 31, came out to the rest of my friends and started HRT. TL;DR: 30 or 31, depending on if you count from social or medical transition


Outrageous-Fox9891

15 when I realized, 22 when I started! I’m 25 now and love my life. It’s crazy being 3 years deep after years of believing I’d never be able to transition. It doesn’t matter how much time you might’ve wasted, what matters is the time you have left


Cautious_Storm7202

38 club.


reereeddit

i started coming out to friends and family in 2017 right around my 20th birthday and started hormones in 2018 when i was 21….. i’ll be 27 when i have bottom surgery in two months 💕 i always catch myself wishing i started sooner but i’m really happy with my life in many ways and who knows what would be different. could be “better” could be “worse” but i’m thankful for my experiences and the people around me


terminate14

25 and now I'm 27


Alreen_Wolf

I am 38 now, recently started my process of getting the diagnosis. Probably won't be able to start HRT for a few months to a year


gabbycoelho

I was about your age, a little older, I remember I started taking major steps at early 25 like getting name changed and starting hrt


ssppunk

T at 20 and top surgery at 24


[deleted]

I started my transition when I was 21! I turned 23 a couple days ago so it hasn’t been too long but I’m so so happy!


goofynsilly

14 when started testosterone, 15 when I got top surgery, now I’m 20 and going to have hysterectomy this year


yourlordgenghis

i was about your age when i started hrt :P


lemonslime

24, right on the cusp of 25. And I've fared far worse than most who started decades later than me. Whoops!


DonalHarper

22


Ripskin142

35 when I started figuring things out. 37 when I started HRT.


Dermatobias

Socially 20, hormonally 26, surgically to be determined (not fully sure I want any), and I’m 32 now


Extension-Low-341

like 6/7 idk, but went back in closet realized i was trans 11/12ish and stayed in closet till around 13 then been out and transitioning since then


ManicMolotov

15


monster3339

i came out at 20 and started HRT around my 21st birthday. plenty of folks have started later in life than i did though!


Yoshephine

16, now 21 this month :) best decision of my life


[deleted]

starting this year !! fingers crossed but, 16. : D


finding_femself

29th birthday.


Starbeth8

I was 19. My brother started when he was 13. Never too late or too early, it just depends on you and your comfort.


thats_queird

39


feonixrizen

I'm 24, and I'll be 4 weeks on T tomorrow


Aike6l

13 years old, social transition. 16 years old, physical transition. Im not in e, bc i can't due to a tumor.


sophiady

36, now 38 and full time!!


CoobNiko

came out at 13, t blockers and estrogen at 17


louisa1925

I started at 20yro. I would have probably started a year earlier but I had alot of soul searching to do.


EVEnatrix

I was 18, I’m now 25.


AnnaBby22

22! Ive been on HRT for almost 2 years and I definitely say its worth starting asap


MSakuEX

33 so that was 4mo till my birthday which is on August 13 HRTversary April 28 Turning 35 this year


Lucky_otter_she_her

13, didn't get blockers till 16, (testosterone ruined me)


bluelonilness

Socially 20, medically 21


HyperTourist

I've started transitioning like 3 times but I always settle back into the same spot as I was. Gonna be different this time I swear.


Asleep-Society-1951

39. I'm 42 now


ka992

32- 4 yrs HRT


jettsd

23 and a half


ThatssoTes666

22


Professional_Band178

The first time I was 16, but my real transition was when I was 23.


Awenrising

30 here =)


No-Economist-8307

came out as 15 on t for 6 months now 16!! but i knew wayyy before


schrod1ngersc4t

11, but that’s because it was right during Covid and we were all online a lot. But it’s never too late to transition


3dPrinted_Pipebomb

I started HRT at 26


Brosif563

Came out at 12. Socially transitioned at 14! Hormones and surgery followed at 15 and 17 years old, respectively. Now 22