I’m a 60 year old trans-woman. I’ve not had a vaginoplasty. I began my transition in 1993.

My atrophied little penis hasn’t been erect in well over 25 years. When having sex, it emits a slow, small, continuous, stream of clear fluid from my intact prostate gland. I haven’t ejaculated or produced any sperm in all that time.

I have orgasms. They come from a variety of different forms of stimulation. They don’t involve my penis, at all, though I suppose that some stimulation involving it would likely add to the effect.

I’m not a “sexual predator”, in fact, after being forced, by a lack of acceptance at traditional work-places, to be a “ts” call-girl, in the 90s, I ended up in the Depression and Anxiety ward of the San Diego VA hospital.

Subsequent to that, I moved here,(NC), and didn’t have any kind of sex, with anyone,(not even myself), for twenty years.

I’ve recently begun to have a go at it, occasionally. At lot of explaining the mechanics of my body is necessary for a good experience.

I haven’t had any problems with the frightened lesbians mentioned in your essay, because I am attracted, sexually, to men. I like a fully functional penis to be involved, as long as it’s not mine.😍😘😇

As you might expect, in my local twelve step group, it’s taken a few years of quietly being myself for total acceptance, particularly among the lesbians in the group.

I won’t pretend that my experience is truly representative of all transwomen. It is, however, my experience.

Thanks for your perspective on the subject 😍.

This has given me an idea! I’ll try an impromptu poll question on a couple of the closed trans-woman FB groups! I’ll get back to you with the results,(here, on Medium).😍😘😇