/lgbt/, could people have gender dysphoria in their 30's, 40's and so on?
>>5065194
Probably. I think a lot of people who hit their 40s are questionable to some extent (at least in that they often fail to deal with most things like mannerisms they acquired, unexamined cultural assumptions, etc) but I've definitely known a few older transitioners I would definitely never feel justified to question.
>>5065194
Yes.
>>5065203
>live for 40 years as a man with no dysphoria
>all the sudden decide to transition because a midlife crisis
Muh I've always felt like a grill!
I just don't buy later transitioners at all, they're all bruce Jenner tier
>>5065237
>they're all bruce Jenner tier
I know quite a few you aren't and you would only know they're older transitioners from asking when they did it.
So, what's the right age?
>>5065643
Whenever you're ready.
If you seriously buy into the whole "they never could have made it 40+ years with dysphoria" argument, you could just as easily apply it to people who transition when they're 20, since there are people who realized they're trans and were open with their families when they were under 10. So obviously anyone who went 20 years without transitioning is a just a fetishizing hon!
>>5065681
not really its takes like 22-24 years for the brain to fully mature. Maybe something clicked in development at that age that caused dysphoria. puberty is a time where you have a shit ton of confusing feelings. It's not surprising to find people figure that out at around that age. when you are 30 and older you should have had enough time to figure things out and the only excuse you had was you repressed it for decades.
>>5065702
I agree, I just don't see why decades of repression should mean that their identity is any less valid when they finally do come out.
>>5065734
It's hard to believe that the only thing older transitioners did to quell their dysphoria was to repress it, when dysphoria is supposed to hurt so much that repressing it will just cause mental trauma.
>>5065759
The impression I get is that for some reason, people are able to somehow subconsciously repress their dysphoria, but once it expresses itself they can't willingly make it go away.
>>5066041
Fear, ignorance, denial, hopelessness, obligations to others, socialization that massively emphasizes stoicism. Any of those can certainly contribute.
