Ky Schevers

It's very weird to see some people say I'm "attacking" detrans people. I'm not attacking anyone, I'm saying that in the detrans community I belonged to, transphobia was tolerated and promoted and that ends up hurting trans people.

I was encouraged to believe in theories and engage in practices that hurt me. I encountered a lot of transphobia in detrans spaces. It was totally normal to misgender trans people, act like they were deluded, talk about trans women as if they were predatory and dangerous, etc.

I don't have a problem with people detransitioning. Some people are a lot happier after they detransition. I certainly don't think all detrans people are "ex-trans". My main problem is the unchecked transphobia in some detrans communities.

Promoting the idea that any trans person can detransition and be happier, that anyone with gender dysphoria can "reconcile with their sex" ends up hurting people because it's not true. Getting a trans person to believe that is just going to lead to suffering and self-denial.

Detransitioning isn't always "ex-trans" bullshit but it can turn into that in the wrong circumstances and when it does people are going to get hurt. I don't want other people to get hurt like I did. I want people who have been hurt by detransitioning to know they're not alone.

And it's not cool when detrans people spread transphobic beliefs or work with anti-trans organizations. A lot of detrans people don't care about the well-being of trans people and look down on them. They try to change trans healthcare without working with trans people.