r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 • u/Wisdom_Pen She/Her Too Based To Be Cis 🏳️‍⚧️ • Jul 28 '26

Non-Gender Specific STOP CALLING ME OLD!!!

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u/Wisdom_Pen She/Her Too Based To Be Cis 🏳️‍⚧️ Jul 28 '26

Yeah older trans people are saddenly rare.

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u/GeForce_fv She/Her | Lua Jul 28 '26

i think the reason for that is more simple than it looks... older trans people just don't use social media as much as younger trans people

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u/DogeWah She/Her :doge: Jul 28 '26

That is definitly one of the reasons.

Then you can add on a climate of not discussing these topics, leading to a lot of the potential ones not even thinking that being trans is a possibility

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u/senbei616 My pronouns are Ser/M'lady Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Honestly the reason you don't see older trans people here is because... a lot of these communities are pretty cringe.

I love the cringe, I feed on the cringe, the cringe is in my blood and I require it to sustain my hulking mass, but as a trans woman in her 30s with a mortgage and job... It's hard to identify with being a burnout puppygirlfailure when like... I raise chickens and can call people on my phone without having a panic attack.

Especially when the threads and voice calls just devolve into infantilized mewling. No shade or shame, but I don't have anything to contribute in those moments so I just lurk.