Kelly, You did not clearly state what transitioned means for you. Or, did I misread something?

To the OP,

I try not to argue semantics because what something means to one may vary for others. My thought process for transsexuals is that there is the physical, mental and social transition, and as Kelly states maybe different stages in between as one moves down the road. Physical, when one is on hormones and does or does not have any surgeries. It also includes presenting as one wants. Then you get that social transition where one lives the gender that they have inside their mind and learns and adapts some characteristics of the opposite gender. That could include presentation, such as clothes, makeup, growing one's hair out or cutting it shorter to fit how they want to present. It also means telling all what gender you are where necessary, changing names and gender on legal documents. The tricky one for me is the mental one. I have learned by my own ongoing transition that by opening my mind to be myself and accepting that and then telling family, friends and acquaintances has given me a new look on life, including being more open and honest with everyone, looking at many life situations from a broader viewpoint and be willing to explore life in a much more free and liberating manner.

At 74 years old, I am working on getting my last major physical transition procedure, which, in my opinion, will complete the physical changes that I have deemed necessary for me. My social transition has been pretty much complete after I came out and legally changed my name and gender and started living and presenting full time, i.e. no special moments to going back and presenting as my past gender, though I am still learning more about how to be a woman among both men and women. My mental transition is a work in progress because everything else has led me to an unexpected place in my life where I am learning so much more about life, about myself and about things that I had never experienced in the past. I am in a constant state of learning now and actually realizing that this is happening to me. I consider this as part of my transition because I believe this new life learning experience and process would never have had happened if I did not unexpectedly discover this other side of me and had the courage to pursue it slowly and deliberately with joy and no fear. I know that there will always be new things to learn socially and mentally/emotionally that will always be connected some way to my identity as a woman. I am ready for that and want that personal growth.

As far as what someone else does, it should not be influenced by what others think. If one declares themselves a woman or a man, that is good enough for me. They can still present as they wish, have all or none of the surgeries, take or not hormones, or do whatever else they want or do not want. Transition can still exist for them as they transition from male to female or the opposite in their minds, the most important place for transsexuals. The rest is not needed if they don't want it. Those that think differently are just imposing what they think is correct on others that they probably know nothing about. We need support and not criticism as to who we are. Others' opinions about that should be kept to themselves.