You may feel your life has just begun when you come out, but if you are a trans person there are good reasons to also plan for your death.
Of course, few of us actually do plan for our death nowadays. Barring an accident or dread illness we are used to living our three score and ten in blithe complacency about the ending of it.
Or at least we were until recently. Of course, AIDS cast its own ghastly shadow over the gay, bi and trans community in particular.