Right, so sorry folks, another one of my "I just don't quite get it" questions.
I "get" TS who have always known they were girls just born with the wrong anatomy. I understand that for many for various reasons transition was / is not possible until later in life.
What I don't get is how someone can "become" a woman i.e. late onset transsexuality. Is late onset transsexuality essentially a variant of TS wherein the individual has so completely suppressed their underlying identity that they convinced even themselves they were male? Can someone truly be a "man" i.e. genuinely at the core of their identity feel they are male, then as they age become a woman and truly feel their identity is female? Can someone possibly genuinely at the core of their identity be both?