We’d heard all about International Women’s Day, but we weren’t aware someone had put something together for March 12 called Detrans Awareness Day. This is the day for those who underwent gender transition to some degree and then changed back. We’re old enough to remember when Target pulled Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters” from its online selection, perhaps after one person complained on Twitter (they added it back). ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio said that stopping the distribution of “Irreversible Damage” was “100% a hill I will die on.” He lost that battle.
Anyway, here are a couple of posts marking #DetransAwarenessDay that are getting a lot of attention.
My name is Grace and I detransitioned. On the left: me shortly after top surgery, 2017. This was the darkest time in my life. On the right: me recently. Life goes on, life gets better. #DetransAwarenessDay pic.twitter.com/ItTJbiLJpF
— Grace 💙🦎 (@HormoneHangover) March 12, 2022
if you want to know more about my story and thoughts on transition and detransition, please read my blog 🙂https://t.co/OgrJhLeSQP
— Grace 💙🦎 (@HormoneHangover) March 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/nervewrvcking/status/1502638154205044739
Happy #DetransAwarenessDay
Some of you may recall me from detrans videos i had posted on youtube in 2020. Im still here and living life 😁 pic.twitter.com/ar6NzVmeHM— Sarah Haarsma (@VeryLostSarah) March 12, 2022
when i was 15, lonely, and hated my body, i got sucked into gender ideology online.
my school encouraged me and i was easily prescribed a high dose of testosterone at 18, and it was very damaging.
this is not rare.#DetransAwarenessDay
me at 19, trans // me now at 23 pic.twitter.com/oNPF5J3Q7m
— helena (@lacroicsz) March 12, 2022
you can read about the whole ordeal here:https://t.co/X7hv8Z6zLD
— helena (@lacroicsz) March 12, 2022
It's #DetransAwarenessDay
I began detransition in October 2019 by ceasing my testosterone injections and returning to my birth name, Sinéad.
The most common question I get from those new to this discussion is, “why did you transition in the first place?”
Well …
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
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Like other trans people, I transitioned because I was suffering from gender dysphoria. We're told people with dysphoria are treated with transition, right? But unlike other trans people, transition didn't help me.
The second most common question is “why did you detransition?”
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
I detransitioned because I experienced extreme transition regret: realizing that my desire to become a man stemmed from a variety of factors that ultimately led me to want to be someone else, not my “authentic self,” but someone (and something) else entirely.
It was an escape.
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
My transition was fueled by self-hatred, not self-acceptance. I didn't want to be Sinéad because I hated Sinéad. Sinéad was a woman and I wanted no part in that anymore. I'd become Séan, a man, and I'd feel better. Or so I hoped.
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
It's been a long road, but on #DetransAwarenessDay I can confidently say that I am no longer gender dysphoric. I'm finally happy to be me. I wouldn't have gotten to this place without the support of so many other amazing detransitioners, whose stories I'll be retweeting today.
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
I never thought I'd ever accept myself. But I do – and I've never been happier. To anyone struggling with transition regret, you're absolutely not alone. Recovery is possible: My DMs are open to anyone who needs a rock to lean on, as my rocks once did for me.
Thank you 💜
— Watson (@ImWatson91) March 12, 2022
Of course there are those explaining that most who detransition do it because they’re not accepted by society and society doesn’t provide enough support. But that doesn’t apply to any of the above cases. Activists: It can be possible for someone to regret transitioning. Listening to these people for one day seems fair.
Related:
Survivor DISMANTLES trans-teen community in thread comparing it to ‘pro-ana’ sites where teenagers with identity issues encouraged self-harm https://t.co/gMNoIIP6JC
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 7, 2022
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