Tag: detrans women's community

Thirty-Six

[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

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.

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

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