"Ex-NHS staff fear that homophobia is driving a surge in ‘transgender’ young people." Medical professionals who have worked with hundreds of transgender kids speak out.
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"Jacob has just turned 16 and for the past four years the teenager’s body has been put on pause. He has been on hormone blockers to stop puberty while he decides how far he is willing to go to become a transgender man.
He claims that taking blockers was “the worst decision I’ve ever made”.
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"For years, Sharissa Derricott, 30, had no idea why her body seemed to be failing. At 21, a surgeon replaced her deteriorated jaw joint. She's been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. Her teeth are shedding enamel and cracking.
None of it made sense to her until she discovered a community of women online who describe similar symptoms and have one thing in common: All had taken a drug called Lupron."
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A 2013 paper by Dr. Sahar Sadjadi.
Abstract: In the past few years, the introduction and rapid acceptance of puberty suppression has transformed the clinical treatment of children diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. This essay analyzes the narratives used by some advocates of the treatment, particularly the elements of saving children from the looming disaster of puberty and from future abject lives of violence and suicide as transgender adults.
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A detransitioned woman responds to a 16 year old trans man asking for advice and shares her post-surgery experience.
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Cari Stella addresses parents of transgender children and answers the question she is asked the most.
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"You asked, we answered. We are Helena, Jesse, Dagny, and Chiara of the Pique Resilience Project, answering a few of your questions for detransitioners and desisters. These are our personal stories and opinions as women who identified as trans and desisted and do not reflect the views of anyone except ourselves."
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A speech given by Charlie Evans, a detransitioned woman, at Leeds Lesbian Strength Rally 07/09/2019.
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Cari Stella responds to an article by Julia Serano about pediatric transition.
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"Re-Sisters is a zine telling stories of female detransition and reidentification, from a number of women and in a variety of mediums."
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"The increase of teenage girls with gender dysphoria worry parents and health care staff in several countries - because of the lack of research on the new group of patients. What if the irreversible decision to undergo a gender correction is a mistake?
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Breakdown of the results of a survey of 203 detransitioned female people. Average age of beginning transition is 17.
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A detransitioned woman shares her thoughts on "more gatekeeping."
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A detransitioned woman shares her thoughts on informed consent.
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Interview by Carey Callahan. "Grace is a detransitioned woman in the Midwest. She recently spoke to the doctor that prescribed her HRT and wrote the referral letter for her top surgery. She’s exceptional for doing so- in my circle only a handful of detransitioners have gone back to inform their doctors about their detransition. We spoke about her decision to initiate the conversation and the consequences of the experience, with the hope it will help other detransitioners consider whether they’re up to have the talk."
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There are many places online where detransitioned people are speaking about their experiences, including on every social media site, but one of the most active right now is the subreddit r/detrans.
Extensive writeup on Lupron being touted as a "miracle drug" to cure autism in children.
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