I get angry when I see young and beautiful trans women with ugly and old men, which happens almost every day

Almost every day, I see young and beautiful trans women with ugly and nasty old men and I get very angry because these women have gone through hell to reclaim their womanhood and yet they are wasting their youth on ugly, repulsive men who won't even appreciate them and will abuse them. I live in NYC and I'm very active in the trans community (even though I have started dating stealth), but I've seen this pattern everywhere in the world. Young and beautiful trans women settling for repulsive and usually older men.

These ugly old men are very predatory and they know we are self-conscious and have low self-esteem, so they take advantage of that. They leverage our dysphoria and convince us that we can't do better.

I've been approached by men who were 30 and even 40 years older than me and they wouldn't take "no" for an answer.

Yesterday, I had a doc appointment for my hormones and in the waiting room and I saw this lovely woman with her boyfriend. She was beautiful and glowing and he was crusty, disgusting, ugly and several inches shorter than her. He was very verbally abusive towards her. I also don't get why so many trans women end up with men who are not only very, very old but also very, very short.

I get angry because we are told that we have no value and we should settle for the dregs, but I spent a lot of money and time on my transition, so I would rather be by myself than end up with a stomach-churning man.

Trans women have been sold this idea by Hollywood that unattractive men have a good heart and that they will be more lenient and more accepting, but this can't be further from the truth.

I also know a trans woman who is 31 and her ugly and abusive boyfriend is 66.