Amazing series, wonderful, hopeful stories!
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Brava! Bravo! Beautiful and touching. Thank you.
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Where I'm from we judge a person by how they keep their word...and we just can't understand those who don't. Sorry.
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What does this have to do with the people in this lovely article? And why have you written “Sorry” at the end?
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People are beautiful. All kinds of people.
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I'm a 59-year-old transgender woman. Spiro, 100mg, once a day since September 2017. Estradiol, 2mg, sublingually, twice a day since December 2017. Three positive things I'm seeing are, breast development, body fat redistribution, and significant loss of muscle mass. The three things I'm disappointed in are, still lots of body hair, face not feminizing enough, and lastly, my skin isn't getting softer/smoother. I'm really anxious to start presenting as female. I want to be my authentic self. Someone please give me suggestions and advice as to how to proceed with my transition. I don't want to go through all of this just to stay masculine looking.
Love to All of My Trans Brothers and Sisters,
Chloe Kopsho
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Just continue doing your best dont stop the journey before you reach the destination
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Chloe, it is a process becoming who you were meant to be. To aid you in your metamorphosis, you might consider a visit with an aesthetician to seek advice on how to best proceed from this point. She might suggest electrolysis, for example, or a facial peel to smooth and soften your skin. One thing you can do is to exfoliate with a facial scrub in the shower 2-3 times per week and daily apply rich body lotions. Good luck dear!
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Wonderful article. The people featured beautiful examples of humanity.
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Thank you. I have both trans youth in my life, and older trans people who I know, love and care about. I’ve seen & feel how meaningful it is when the trans youth I love get to meet other trans people and especially older trans people, and see the diversity and humanity, reflecting strength & possibility back to them. Such a contrast to the cariactures and but-ends of jokes or sensationalism that has been the steady diet of how trans people had been portrayed, if given any visibility, in so much of our past culture. What a beautiful, powerful project. I’m glad to know about it & will be looking to get a copy of the book.
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Beautiful and insightful, great work.
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thank you
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Thank you NYT for highlighting this beautiful project. I have recently begun to work with a male-identified trans person, and I am learning to undo my own prejudice and ignorance. Any article in the mainstream media that breaks down stereotypes and humanizes transpeople will likely save lives as our society begins to accept a broader definition of the human experience.
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Being 57 and a Senior Trans woman myself it is always nice to read about the lives of others such as me. I didn't transition until 3 years ago and I feel I have missed so much in life although I would not be who I am today if things had been done differently.
We who can survive the years of dysphoria are a resilient and beautiful people.
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As a scientist and bi/gay man almost 70, I get the subtle biological and DNA processes that make wondrous differences in humans. Our brains and bodies are not binary as a species. This gender, behavioral, and congnitive/emotional flexibility appears to be key to our ability to adapt as a species to almost any environment. I came to realize that my non binary brain has empowered me to do incredible professional accomplishments in service of transcendent spiritual purposes I hold dear. As humans, we are not ants dancing to an encoded program. Rather, we are widely flexible that allows us to be intentional co-creators of our lives and futures. That’s interesting, and otherwise there would be nothing to read each morning in the NYT.
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So much love and wisdom here. Especially Gloria touched me so much. So much grace and calm and, Well, Momma Gloria you really have moxy. A quiet power that roars!
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Beautiful story.
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This is a beautiful article.
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Life is a journey which can be difficult at best without making people lie about their true selves. No judgements please.
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This article and photographs made my morning wonderful. Thank you so much!
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Wow. Bravo. Absolutely magnificent.
Thank you for sharing your art, your care, and the stories, images and voices of the beautiful people you met. Thank YOU beautiful people for sharing yourselves with us.
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To everyone of you who will leave a comment asking why the Times published yet another article about trans and non-binary people, let me answer your question.
It's because we've here, and we've always been here, but you've chosen to ignore us.
You've chosen to take a vital segment of the human population and treat us like we're a bunch of freaks and sexual deviants. Like we're an embarrassment to the human race.
And we're not. We're people just like you, with the same hopes and dreams and potential as anyone else.
And it's time that you acknowledge that, that you respect that, and that you treat us with the same dignity that you would any other human being.
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@Danielle
What a joy it was to see that, in fact, there were no such comments. Every comment was complimentary and appreciative. I am thrilled.
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@Maureen That's only because comments have been moderated for civility. Unmoderated comments would be quite hateful regarding anything trans on the internet. These are "sanitized for our protection."
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I am a 56 year MTF Transexual who transitioned over 20 years ago - Thank You for this beautiful article - I thought I was an anomaly ..............
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