[CW: sexual assault, verbal abuse, abusive relationship, ideological detransition/conversion practices] Almost a year ago, I turned thirty-six and realized that my relationship with Devorah had began with her sexually assaulting me. This happened when I had just turned thirty and technically she was thirty-five but she would turn thirty-six a few months later and I… Continue reading Thirty-Six
Statement about Devorah Zahav
[CW: Partner Abuse, Psychological, Verbal and Sexual Abuse] I left my old group for many reasons but a big one was that I had been in an abusive relationship with another detransitioned radical feminist, Devorah Zahav, and I didn’t trust that most people in my old group would believe me if I spoke out about… Continue reading Statement about Devorah Zahav
Seeing Myself in the Stories of Other Conversion Therapy Survivors
Originally published on Trans Safety Network under the title Ky Schever’s experience with ideologically driven detransition Back when I was still in the detransitioned radical feminist community, I watched the Miseducation of Cameron Post with another detransitioned woman. That movie is about a teenage lesbian in the US who’s sent to a Christian ex-gay camp… Continue reading Seeing Myself in the Stories of Other Conversion Therapy Survivors
Feeling Regret About My Detransition and Past Activism
I’ve been feeling a lot of regret about my past actions. I feel as though I lost about six years of my life. I think back over that time and think about all that I wish hadn’t happened, how I wish I hadn’t done this or that, or that I’d gone about things differently. There’s… Continue reading Feeling Regret About My Detransition and Past Activism
Risks/harms of ideological detransition/“alternative treatments for gender dysphoria”
Several months ago, I decided to write out the negative effects of my detransition and came up with the following list. I divided the list up between what I experienced while detransitioning and when I came out as trans again, after deciding that detransition hadn’t worked for me.
Tell Amazon to Stop Selling PEC’s Anti-Trans Conversion Therapy Book
On April 7, an anti-trans organization called Partners for Ethical Care released a book called Desist, Detrans, & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult by Maria Keffler, one of the organization’s co-founders. This book is currently being sold by Amazon, among other online retailers. The book accuses the trans community of being… Continue reading Tell Amazon to Stop Selling PEC’s Anti-Trans Conversion Therapy Book
The Reality Behind the Story I Told: What My Life was Like When I was Interviewed for the Stranger
Back when I was still a detrans woman, I was interviewed a few times by journalists for articles on detransitioning. The article that drew the most attention and the strongest reactions from people was a piece written by Katie Herzog that appeared in The Stranger. Many trans people and their allies found the article offensive… Continue reading The Reality Behind the Story I Told: What My Life was Like When I was Interviewed for the Stranger
My Views on Transphobic Detrans People
I want to be upfront with how I view detransitioned people who believe in transphobic ideologies. When I was detrans, I hid my real views on trans people because I didn’t want to suffer the consequences of being openly transphobic. I rationalized what I was doing at the time but now I recognize that I… Continue reading My Views on Transphobic Detrans People
Detransition Awareness Day: Inconvenient Truths and Community Building
Originally posted on 3/12/21 on Health Liberation Now! Apparently today, March 12th is Detransition Awareness Day. Today is supposed to be a day for informing people about detransitioning in the name of creating more and better resources. Well then, here are some things I want people to be aware of concerning resources for people who… Continue reading Detransition Awareness Day: Inconvenient Truths and Community Building
Ideologically-Motivated Detransition as a Conversion Practice- A Personal Account
Oringially posted at Health Liberation Now! on 2/18/21 I am a genderqueer transmasculine butch who went through something akin to conversion therapy combined with ideological radicalization coming from a transphobic radical feminist perspective. According to that ideology, trans identities are false and the product of living in a patriarchal society, so I tried to “de-trans”… Continue reading Ideologically-Motivated Detransition as a Conversion Practice- A Personal Account