I have had many people express concern over my transition and ask if I am sure. They are rightly concerned about regrets I may have. Honestly, the only regret I have is not doing this sooner. Anywho…… here is a snippet from a GREAT article on detransitioning.

“The information that does exist appears to corroborate Asquith’s claim. In a 2015 survey of nearly 28,000 people conducted by the U.S.-based National Center for Transgender Equality, only 8 percent of respondents reported detransitioning, and 62 percent of those people said they only detransitioned temporarily. The most common reason for detransitioning, according to the survey, was pressure from a parent, while only 0.4 percent of respondents said they detransitioned after realizing transitioning wasn’t right for them.”

I often wonder if people really understand statistics…… did you see that 0.4% thing? You do understand that what that means is that 99.6% of the people who actually do detransition (which is already an incredibly small number of trans people) still think that transition was the right thing to do. However, they detransitioned for reasons other than that. My therapist has said that in her experience it has only ever come about from a lack of social support.

So hey, are y’all reading that correctly? Parental support, societal support, etc, help to NORMALIZE what it means to be transgender.

Okay, this soap box moment has been brought to you by yours truly, thank you!

Please read the entire article, which the above picture is borrowed from: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/media-s-detransition-narrative-fueling-misconceptions-trans-advocates-say-n1102686?fbclid=IwAR1_Psm6OYDEF09SqUtHNfd1kgBhc6j60e1mSIJ7aTyTS5mo0EA_N9jmuH4