Life span of a transsexual?

mmmmm,OK I will give this a go.

Of all the glbt community tg/ts have the highest rate of suicide.Alot has to to with the way society treats us.Since many of us cannot get work to support ourselves in our chosen gender some often end up on the seedier parts of town selling ourselves.

When put into an environment such as this death is very common,drugs,prostitution,alcohol.

As for life span we have a better chance of longer lives,ie prostate cancer,but that's different research.We can and do have long and prosperous life spans.

happy trails

If you go on averages then you would be correct. That is because transsexuals have a much higher rate of suicide than any other group. When you take that vs the % of the people that are trans I'm sure that it would appear that life spans are shorter on paper.. it's all about averages

I haven't heard anything about trans women's lives being shorter.

I know this much:

-biological females on average live longer than bio males.

-I've heard that testosterone shortens life span (and I think there are other factors that make women's life span on average longe. testosterone is hard on your body, your cardiac muscle, liver and other organs)

-it is true that female-to-male transsexuals lives get shortened by taking testosterone.

My completely non-expert conclusion: I don't think trans women's life expectancy gets shorter by taking estrogen/progesterone

Its the same as any ohter human being. All thas changed is thier reproductive parts. Thier lives may be shortened by the complications of the medications/steriods that they will have to take for the rest of thier lives.

I don't know, but I am 63 that 40 year after

Loved or not loved?? There are so many factors. The book says "not one of you can add even one day to your life" so it is for all and so it shall be. Enjoy life.

The same as any other human being!

not sure but have heard by about 5 years

once they make the the change its 10 to 20 years.

22 years