I'm a detransitoner myself, and I'll probably share my experiences here someday, but right now I want to vent about my friend.
My friend is the exact type of person who would fall for this shit (and to be honest, so am I, although fortunately I snapped out of it). Young, autistic, depressed white male. Autistic people are particularly vulnerable to this because they often feel a disconnect from their bodies. He's this super tall and lanky goth guy with a horseface, he could never pass. Estrogen did nothing for him. He just looks the same as before, but with tits now.
You know, I didn't hate them before this. I didn't even think about them. But now I do. I hate them so much for grooming my already vulnerable friend and so many others into pursueing such a dangerous lifestyle. It really is like a cult. They think the UFO is going to come along and turn them and Marshall Trapplewhite into cute girls, and then when they realize it isn't going to happen, they kill themselves.
Now usually I wouldn't give a shit if he was happy and wasn't hurting anyone. But here's the thing. He isn't happy. He wasn't happy before, and he isn't now. Pretty much everyone who transitions has deep underlying psychological issues, ones that certainly will not be cured by sterilizing yourself and chopping off your genitals, that doctors are willing to ignore because they are corrupt and want your money.
The medical industry is shameless about this. They see trans people as pawns and cash cows.
I am terrified that one day I'm going to wake up one day and find out that killed himself. He already expressed suicidal thoughts to me before he transitioned. In fact, I'm almost sure he will. As fucked up as it sounds, I've sort of come to peace with it now. I'm certain he would cut off all contact with me if I tried to convince him to stop. Not only would I be losing my friendship with him, there is also a risk of losing my career. See, we are both musicians involved in a tight-knit DIY scene that is very SJW, and if he's mad at me he could just make a tweet about me being transphobic and boom, everyone in the scene would distance themselves from me immediately.
I apologize for being overdramatic. But it really does feel like I've lost someone. I feel so helpless. It's like watching an Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers type scenario play out in real life.