please help me give my transgender grandma hope for transitioning!!!
hi, teenage trans boy here, i recently found out that my grandmother who is 80 years old is a trans woman and has been closeted all this time. according to her, the way ive come out to her as trans and explained my identity gave her the words to describe a feeling she didnt know she had.
however, she also has a lot of transphobia, both internal and external. she not only thinks i cannot be a man, but she also thinks she cannot be a woman because it was too late after she was born. she says she doesnt want to be seen as a woman because she doesnt think shell ever be a "real woman" because of her biology. to me it sounds like dysphoria.
if anyone has or knows any encouraging stories of elderly trans women around her age, please send me as many as youve got so i can show her that there is hope!!! i want her to know that it is not too late for her, and i need the proof to show her this. i dont know if seeing and hearing about other elder trans women will work, but i have to try. can anyone help my grandma?