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One of my big anxieties with speaking out about the detrans women's community is that people will use my story dismiss detrans people's experiences. I do think it's possible for someone to transition due to trauma or internalized homophobia or sexism. The problem is when...
...people claim that all people identity as trans or transition for those reasons. I think sometimes trans people can dismiss certain detrans experiences because they appear similar to some transphobic theories and are used to support those theories.
It's overgeneralizing or using those detrans experiences for transphobic ends that's a problem, not recognizing that people can end up identifying as trans or transitioning for many different reasons. There's not reason why trans people can't support someone who detransitioned...
...due to internalized misogyny or trauma. One of the first detrans people I came across was a butch dyke who said she transitioned due to internalized misogyny but was very trans friendly and hung out in online trans spaces. I came across her when I was a trans teenager...
...researching transition. Learning about people who detransitioned helped me think through my options while I was deciding how to manage my own dysphoria. I've seen detrans people welcome in trans spaces and mutual support between trans and detrans people. I know it's possible.
We often have much in common. Detrans women and transmasculine people can both struggle with the effects of sexism/misogyny, trauma, and gender dysphoria. Many of us have to learn how to survive as a genderweirdo in the larger culture.
Our experiences are different in some ways but we have many commonalities and shared interests. We ought to support each other. While I am critical of some parts of detrans culture, I would hate it if my work ended up harming detrans women. That community was my home for so long.
I aim to criticize transphobia in detrans communities that gets in the way of detrans/trans solidarity. It's in our interests to work together and I want to do what I can to make that happen. I criticize not to destroy but to create new connections in the long run.
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