Detransitioners on Twitter, Part 1
Mapping the territory
The detransitioners brave enough to speak out on Twitter are some of the best commentators on the dangers of gender ideology and early affirmation. If you or someone you love has had problems with dysphoria, I hope you’ll find someone on this page who can help. Depending on the urgency, you may want to skip to the end for the ‘resources’ section.
KEIRA
Big up Sonia, David Bell, all the other witnesses. It takes a lot and at the end of the day, those that are causing harm and especially doubling down on it will have to face themselves in the mirror and whatever we are faced with in the next life.
TransgenderTrend @Transgendertrd
SINEAD
If I may, I'd like to ask any detransitioner reading this to join me - contact your clinic and inform them that you've detransitioned (if you haven't already).
If we cannot show, with statistics, that detransition is on the rise then we will not be listened to.
Tell them.
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SourPatches2077
It’s been over 2 years since I injected testosterone into my body. I wrote this 4 months into my #detrans process. I wanted to reach out to my #ButchLesbian sisters of all ages. I wanted them to know that they are real women & there is a way out.
ELLE
what else can I do?? this feels impossible. no matter how many videos I post I know I will never change the world as a whole. this is consuming more people every day, it's just exhausting to think about. I need people in my circle that see through this, they're so hard to find.
ATHENA
How was I old enough to understand and consent to a mastectomy but I had to wait two more years to get a tattoo
KITTY
I got an anonymous message today from someone who said she hopes I stop hurting trans women someday. This essay is my response.
RACHEL
Probably worth mentioning that although (much of) social media are apparently consumed by the #GenderIdentity debate, if you bring this up outside academia or fetish site forums. In the real world where people work for a living, the usual response is WTF are you talking about?
GRACE
The concept that I necessarily have a gender identity lead me to obsessive self-monitoring and medicalization. It was not good for me and didn't help. Letting go of gender ideology itself and accepting myself as I am did. I know others have different experiences, this is mine.
HELENA
i’m scared for how the medical industry will try to capitalize on all the men and women who have had their health messed up by trans hormones and surgery from a young age
SALTYALTY
HOMOLIBERATION
Reidentification is so weird. It’s been 5 years for me now, but I almost just walked into the men’s room at Costco without thinking.
GUESSIMAFAB
i was not “assigned” a sex at birth, i AM the sex that i am and it was observed at birth by the doctor who delivered me. if i was assigned anything, it was a role in life where i was expected to fit the stereotypes, parameters, and norms that society has about people of my sex.
MAGGIE
I guess I’m not really sure if there is anything another person could do to help me with my own dysphoria. It seems like an internal process that I have to go through on my own, whether that be for the good or bad.
JAY
Existing as a woman in the world was a terrifying concept, the fear that being a woman meant being subjected to domination. Discovering the driving forces and knowing that transition was driven by a desire to escape womanhood.
PATRICIA
I wish i could go back in time and not have taken hormones, but at that time i can't imagine what could have made me change my mind. I wish I had more controlling parents, but they just wanted to see me happy.
MICHELLE
NORTH
HABITUALLYFEMME
So, a bunch of trans identified females will be missing out on those reminders to get checked because they've been told to get their sex markers changed. At risk women being coerced into becoming more at risk. Super idea.
Stonewall @stonewalluk
IZZY
No, what we mean is the woke BBC is hiring based on race. We mean woke doctors removing the breasts of autistic teenage girls. We mean gang rapists being let off because of their skin colour, by woke police forces.
Ignore/minimize the crimes all you want, they still happened
Shaunt @shaun_vids
QUINN
My body feels like a site of violence and shame and that's not arousing. Escaping into the fantasy of being male and having a body I viewed as uncomplicated by the presence of traumatic, misogynistic and homophobic baggage gave me a kind of emotional freedom that was much sexier.
@GROWINTHROUGHIT
The invasive-ness of the female body was such a big dysphoria trigger for me, and still is tbh.
ayesha ♀ @rudefemm
@DEESISTING
Because of all of you, I signed up here in the belief that, one day, I too will find the bravery to speak up.
With that small action alone, perhaps I already have.
I hope it encourages others to join us as you all encouraged me. xx
🦖 Maya Forstater 🦕 @MForstater
BENJI
Last but certainly not least, and not on Twitter because of an AGP male, our old Mess We’re In colleague, Benji. Her channel is essential.
RESOURCES/APPEALS/EXPERTS
I work with detransitioners and the most common reason I hear about why they detransitioned is that they became 'exhausted'
Eliza Mondegreen @elizamondegreen
✨Discord Support Group for Detransitioners✨
Follow the link if you want to join a more private place to share thoughts/feelings about transitioning, detransitioning and trans culture in general.
They have a verification system to keep the space safe 💜
discord.com/invite/JWPjU7GF
There is life after detransition!
Listen to these two extraordinary women I love so much: @BridgetPhetasy interviews @lacroicsz.
Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy
Our booklet on detransition is now available in Swedish!
We are very grateful for the translation by Detransinfo.se who is now shipping printed copies in Sweden. 🥳
Find out more here:
detransinfo.se/2021/09/02/lan…
You can also download the pdf here:
post-trans.com/Detransition-B…
This is a powerful, open letter to @jack_turban from detransitioners @ImWatson91 @SourPatches2077 @KLBfax Rachel Marie Foster. Genspect are thrilled to have @ImWatson91 as our advisor.
We support (a non exhaustive list).
- trans people who regret their transition / aspect of their transition.
- detrans people who experience regret
- trans / detrans people who feel their gender identity has changed.
Gah, I should have said--thanks to those subscribers who helped me compile this list!
If you're all wondering why there are little lizards in the Twitter bios, it's because the gecko is the Detrans mascot (being a lizard that can re-grow it's tail). See here: https://thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/detrans_awareness_day