How many have you personally seen in your life?
I’m 71 and have seen exactly ONE mentally ill man in a woman’s dress. And, of all things, it was in North Idaho where I spend six months, not in Santa Clara County, CA where I spend the other six months.
ONE person out of the hundreds of thousands of people I’ve encountered in my life.
I’m in the same age group as you are, my life experience is pretty much the same as yours. I’ve seen two.
I’m 69 and I’ve seen five. Although three were men wearing something like a kilt. One of them had prostitute-style fishnet stockings. Today I met a man who I at first thought was a woman. But after spending time working out an order/shipping problem I realized this woman had much more masculine features than me; taller, broader shoulders, thicker, larger hands and forearms and a very thickly haired upper lip although the hair itself was wispy. The breasts looked tacked on.
I think I have seen two, including an ex boyfriend who ended up being gay.
I think there is a whole community of them (trans) in rural Michigan.