“This is how 'detransitioners' who regret their gender assignment surgeries get sidelined by leftist narratives” Campus Reform reported. The article highlights the story of a group of victims of the LGBTQ ideology who are scarcely ever spoken of—those young people who become “transgender,” realize they made a mistake, and begin living in accordance with their actual biological sex again. With sexual perversion being forced even on toddlers, even many “conservatives” are more and more accepting of sexual perversion. Don’t get me wrong—every individual, no matter his “sexual orientation,” deserves respect and charity. On the other hand, the Bible says that those who commit sexual perversion cannot “possess the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:9-10)—and what kind of false love would let a friend ruin his life without trying to stop him? One can love the individual and still believe—and say—that what he’s doing is wrong. Jesus did it all the time in the Gospels.
“Detransitioners” are highly marginalized in our society. Instead of receiving praise for their courage to recognize and solve the mistakes they have made, they are so hated by LGBTQ propagandists, and so unthought-of by non-woke people, that these “detransitioners” are not receiving the recognition they deserve. There are very few people in this world willing or able to analyze their lives honestly, admit that they have made a big mistake, and then make a major lifestyle change to fix it. So where are the celebrations for detransitioners?
“[Campus Reform, emphasis added] One expert told Campus Reform that there is 'almost no data' because people who regret their gender transition are hesitant to speak about changing their mind.
'We hope that colleges will understand that young people are still developing their identities up to the age of 25, and even beyond this age,' the expert said.
As higher education institutions and academic theories promote transgender ideology to young adults, there is a growing movement of people who regret their decision to transition that does not appear to factor into campus policies and debates on gender.
March 12 marked ‘Detrans Awareness Day.’ A number of advocates took to Twitter to share their own personal "detransition" stories.
One woman reported getting ‘sucked into gender ideology’ online at 15 and being encouraged to transition by her school.
Universities put tampons in men’s restrooms and change housing policy to incorporate ‘gender identity.’ Higher education institutions also monitor speech use by eliminating gendered language and enforcing strict pronoun policies.
But as many universities celebrated ‘Transgender Day of Remembrance’ in December, which serves to remember transgender lives lost due to ‘transphobia,’ academia is largely silent on those who have come to regret their transition.
The rising movement to highlight stories of those who have ‘detransitioned’ has gained some media attention. For example, in 2021, CBS covered the stories of ‘detransitioners’ in a 60 Minutes segment.
‘Some patients are not being properly evaluated in accordance with professional guidelines before being prescribed hormone treatments or approved for surgery,’ 60 Minutes reported on its website, noting that ‘criticisms began surfacing from advocates before the piece aired.’
But detransition advocates still believe the trend is underreported and are concerned about the impact this has on school and universities policy.
Genspect — an alliance of researchers, professional groups, parents, and detransitioners who aim to advocate for parents of gender-questioning youth — is one group attempting to raise awareness.
Genspect Manager Angus Fox told Campus Reform that the organization is ‘very concerned that colleges and universities are misunderstanding the phenomenon of the rising number of young people changing their gender identity.’
But quantifying the number of transgender-identifying individuals who regret their decision is difficult.
Fox says there is ‘almost no data’ due to detransitioners' hesitancy to inform their former clinics, poor research quality, and detransiti[o]ners' desire to stay silent.
‘Many detransitioners simply want to ‘melt away’ into society, and not be prominent voices: this is because they are often stigmatized from two directions, with certain pro-transition advocates arguing that they are harming trans people by speaking about their experiences, and certain anti-transition advocates arguing that they were stupid to make the choices they made,’ Fox said.
‘As a result, this phenomenon is massively underreported,’ he added. ‘However, we do know that there are more than 26,000 members of the Reddit detransition group (most, although not all, of whom are detransitioners) – and other groups exist besides.’
Those who do publish data on the subject get shouted down by trans-rights advocates.
Lisa Littman, a physician and researcher, told Quillette in a 2019 interview that she lost her ‘consulting job’ following outrage over her research on gender dysphoria.
Littman's October 2021 study found that only 24% of detransitioners chose to inform the clinics about the reversal. The article was published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
In 2015, Dutch researchers published an article in the Journal of Adolescent Health that reported that ‘no consensus exists’ on the early use of puberty blockers.
Other studies have found ‘limited evidence’ of positive outcomes for those who medically transition.”
You mean when you surgically alter the body God gave you it doesn’t make you happier? How shocking. It’s horrific that so many young people are being lied to about these matters, and dishonestly convinced to do things to themselves that will hurt instead of help them.
“‘We hope that colleges will understand that young people are still developing their identities up to the age of 25, and even beyond this age (especially where neurodiverse people are concerned),’ Fox said.
He continued, ‘Therefore, we believe it is not a college's place to stray from affirmation into confirmation: students should be free to explore their identities without concretizing any aspect of their selves, especially by undergoing medical transition.’
Fox also told Campus Reform that ‘a lot of detransitioners believe in hindsight that they were too young to understand the consequences of their transition.’ [emphasis added]”
Woke ideology is ruining lives, and there are too few people with the courage to speak out about this terrible crisis.
