Thank you. You are appreciated.

I wish more people thought this way.

Thank you.

Surviving seems to be all that I can manage right now.

I have similar trauma. I'm glad you are having this positive experience. I hope it allows you to heal. I hope I get to experience something similar some day.

I wish I knew how to help people like us.

Unfortunately, some parts of the trans community will actively push us out if we don't look a certain way.
It is more than feeling excluded. It is being excluded.
I have been told " dolls only,no bricks".

I started my transition at 29. My only regret is not starting sooner.

I started at 29.

It is never too late. We shouldn't let the fear of not passing or not being attractive stop us either.

Yep. The male loneliness epidemic is self inflicted.