Watson

“If I had not been able to transition, I would have killed myself.” I see this sentence a lot. It’s means more to me, because I used to say it – and I used to believe it. It makes me sad, and it makes me angry. But it means even more than that. 1/5

It encapsulates why detransitioners make trans activists so hostile. Detrans people are living, breathing proof that many beliefs held by trans activists are not inflexible. We’re proof that transition doesn’t always help and that it, in fact, can be greatly harmful. 2/5

We’re proof that it’s possible to live with dysphoria, without the need to live as the opposite sex. We’re proof that gender affirmation isn’t always the answer. Detrans people are the inconvenient skeleton in the trans ideology closet. But now, the closet door is open. 3/5

I used to say that if I hadn’t been able to transition, I would’ve killed myself - and I wholeheartedly believed it to be true at the time. But I was wrong. It's possible, however uncomfortable it makes you, that anyone currently saying it could also be wrong. 4/5

That is why detransitioners are met with accusations of “liar,” “fake,” and “troll.” Not because trans activists actually believe we don’t exist, but because they’re uncompromising ideology requires that we don’t. Yet, we do exist. And we're not going anywhere. 5/5

If someone with an ED said “if I can’t be thin, I’m going to kill myself” nobody would say “oh shit, better take these diet pills, then!” But if a trans person says “if I can’t transition, I’m going to kill myself” the reaction is “oh shit, better affirm you, then!” It's sick.