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
Author: Ky Schevers
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
Confessions of a Former “Crypto-TERF”
Originally published on Medium on 1/17/21 I’m disturbed by many of my past actions as a detrans radical feminist. I said and did things that I now find very harmful and unethical. I was deceptive and tried to manipulate people, tried to change how transmasculine people thought of themselves and what choices they made. At… Continue reading Confessions of a Former “Crypto-TERF”
Transphobia in the Detrans Women’s Community
Originally published on Medium on 1/21/21 [CW: Transphobia, transmisogyny, ableism, references to sexual and domestic violence, homophobia] During my time as a detrans woman, I said and did many things that I now see as harmful and transphobic. At the time, I thought I was acting in accordance with feminism and working in the best… Continue reading Transphobia in the Detrans Women’s Community
Rules and Guidelines from Support Groups for Detrans Women
Originally posted on Medium on 2/21/21 Below are the rules and guidelines for two support groups for detrans and re-identified women. Some of the same women were involved in starting and formulating the structure and guidelines of both groups. I played no role in creating either of these groups but I participated in both of… Continue reading Rules and Guidelines from Support Groups for Detrans Women
Healing from the Past
Originally posted on Medium 1/22/21 [CW: mention of suicidal impulses, addiction, self-destructiveness, transphobia] I keep thinking back on what my life was like when I was at my most fanatical. I was working on a farm in Oregon. I didn’t know anyone in the area. I was very depressed and hated myself. I felt like… Continue reading Healing from the Past
Working Towards Acceptance
Originally published on Medium on 1/3/21 When I detransitioned, I believed that I’d finally figured out what I was and was in the process of solving my gender issues once and for all. I didn’t think I’d be hit with intense doubts four-five years in. It was shocking but at the same time unsurprising. I’d… Continue reading Working Towards Acceptance
Coming Out
I originally wrote this for my old tumblr blog some time during the summer of 2020. I ended up deleting my tumblr and my other online media related to detransition a few months later. Detransitioning didn’t work out for me. About five years after detransitioning, I started wondering if it had really been worth it.… Continue reading Coming Out