Quote Originally Posted by peggygee View Post
I will try to answer for the AARP segment or the "Geritol gang".

There may actually be a number of reasons that you don't see many older
transwomen.

1. Many go into the hetero witness protection program.



They go stealth or even deep stealth and assimilate into mainstream society.

After years of HRT, many surgeries, perhaps even GRS, they are able to blend
into society and be undectable.

I can say for me that as a pre op I didn't hang out in trannytown, and that is
still the case as a post op.

It was always my goal to transition and be the woman that I was meant to be
and not to forever be a transsexual.

2. Some older transwomen de-transition. Due to them not adhering to their
HRT regimen they may have masculinizesd over the years, and being a
transwomen isn't as viable an option as it once was.

Perhaps in this youth obsessed society they may no longer be in as much
demand, or that they no longer escort or do porn shoots and you may not see
them as much.

If they were in the bar scene they may have grown tired of that and you
won't see them there.

3. I would assert that there are transwomen all around you that you may not
be aware of.

Most transwomen don't want you to know that they exist.
Good points.

In over almost 10 years of being involved with TS, I've only seen a handful of examples of a girl that left the scene after (or before) SRS and blended in. I applaud that btw. You can't be an escort/adult entertainer forever right?

What bothers me is that most girls aren't going for that in these days. That ends up effecting the communities view on how to live like a real woman IMO. Also, on how admirers see the TS. So many TS claim they are a real woman and miss what that really means. Back in the day, most girls always used to talk about SRS and moving on with life. Nowadays, a lot of girls try to make escorting a career until someone "saves them" or whatever. I would like to see more girls transistion into the real world better THEN come back and school the next generation on how to do it when they are done with their entertainment careers. Too many girls get to new levels in their life and leave behind their own people sometimes. We as a community do that a little too much, not just the TS.

Peggy - I think what you said is true but do you think that makes up the majority of why girls aren't around after 35? I have failed to find much evidence of that in years compared to the more negative outcomes.