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Evan Urquhart

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He/Him. Trans Journo. Views expressed are representative of that Dunkin Donuts I worked in one summer.

Joined March 2009

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    1. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      Evan Urquhart Retweeted Ky Schevers

      When I say that detransition is a psy-op, I know how harsh it sounds. I've tried to adapt my language to be a little more sensitive to human beings in difficult circumstances. However, this is what I mean by saying detransition is a psy-op.https://twitter.com/reclaimingtrans/status/1370713788278784001 …

      Evan Urquhart added,

      Ky Schevers @reclaimingtrans
      She thought they were flawed because they were too trans-friendly. She thought the detrans culture we were creating was superior because it was built off a "trans-critical" analysis. The detrans women's community was built on anti-trans politics from the start and set itself...
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    2. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      There's a dominant narrative around a set of experiences that we're currently calling detransition, and that narrative was created by people (including @reclaimingtrans) for a political anti-trans reason. It is very much like ex-gay in that way.

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    3. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      Creating narratives around experiences, joining people with those experiences into identity groups, and connecting those groups with politics isn't necessarily even a bad thing. If the detransition community was right in their understanding, they'd be doing a good thing.

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    4. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      It's bad because their explanatory framework (that trans men are self-hating women suffering from internalized misogyny who won't experience dysphoria if they confront that misogyny) was a failure. If it was right, there'd be nothing wrong with them organizing to help people.

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    5. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      So, when I say it's a psy-op, I mean both that it was intentionally constructed AND that it's a harmful, sexist, demeaning lie. The intentional construction doesn't make it nefarious, the lie does.

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    6. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      I know how complicated this is- and that's why I've backed way off the 'psy-op' language. An individual trying to understand and heal from their experiences is not a psy-op, and it was wrong for me to use language cavalierly to imply they are.

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    7. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      Anyway, I won't be using the 'psy-op' language any more, not because I don't think it's appropriate, but because I can't re-say all this every time I do, and without this context the impression it gives is mean and makes vulnerable people feel bad.

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      Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13

      I do intend to continue holding adults responsible for their own decisions and politics, however. To the extent that detransitioners present themselves as victims of too much transgender acceptance I reject that framing without reservation.

      6:16 AM - 13 Mar 2021
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        2. Ky Schevers‏ @reclaimingtrans Mar 13
          Replying to @e_urq

          As you should. I pulled some of that shit while I was detrans and now it pisses me off so much. When detrans people act in ways that cause harm to others, they need to be held accountable. If you make bad political choices you're gonna have to deal with the consequences of that.

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        3. Evan Urquhart‏ @e_urq Mar 13
          Replying to @reclaimingtrans

          Absolutely- and heck, I've made mistakes in my life, too. I'm more than willing to extend patience to people newly facing detransition, amplify voices of detransitioners who are trans allies, and forgiveness to people who come to reject anti-trans politics.

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