The folks who would’ve had the most riveting stories— blockers as children, abuse in support programs, crippling financial obligations going into adulthood — are dead. 41% seems low. Nobody anywhere gave a
fuck when my friends died, one by one, like we were on a fucking schedule. Those of us still here often have varying degrees of medical issues. That shit kills people too. There is rampant sexual abuse, often of preteens, in lgbt+ youth & support groups (mostly by AGP counselors) and it was hell. This is in a non-conversion therapy state. The TRA, trans movement, etc are all fine things to call it but nothing is more accurate than trans cult. It’s an endless sea of empty affirmations and narcissistic self-worship.
Proposal to research 'trans regret' rejected by university for fear of backlash, claims psychotherapist
My battle with the transgender thoughtpolice
(Good luck finding any substantial statistics for us, though!)
Jazz is a particularly upsetting example and his notoriety absolutely affected the minds of some parents. My mom watched I am Jazz for ages, it is pure propaganda, inspiration porn. It’s generally way harder to desist as a mtf in general, but as many of you have said, he has nothing to go back to. I truly hope he doesn’t ever resort to suicide or violence though, because there are men fighting really hard to make life worth living after having gone through similar abuses. Forced sterilization is fucking abhorrent but there truly are other ways to life.
There is no wave coming atm, at least not like that. It’s possible one big thing may come out that shifts the climate of this, but it won’t be permanent: it’s simply more interesting to ‘support’ (gawk) at the brave, inspiring individuals living outside the box than to bother with those of us crawling back inside the box of conformity. Speak a wrong word and you’ve got a hashtag against you. This shit makes me so mad, sorry again if powerlevel/blogging!