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Topic	"My Life Felt Ruined" - Talk w/ Detransitioned Woman
UnfairRepresent 07/14/21 9:03:09 AM #46:	MrMallard posted... From what I've heard, people who detransition do so because their lives get exponentially harder as trans people than as cis people. And it's true - people transition despite the increased scrutiny around them, because living true to themselves trumps the backlash initially. But by reinvigorating the backlash against trans people, it is possible to force people back into the closet because the future they face as a trans person is too much for them to bear. The thing is, though, that there are essentially two futures for a trans person facing that level of backlash. They can detransition and try to live life as their assigned gender, at which point they're snapped up by transphobes and displayed as prime examples as to why gender transition doesn't work and actually harms more than it helps... or they can commit suicide. And far more trans people choose to kill themselves than to detransition. This is a very valid point too Reminds me a lot of the idiots who kept telling me "We know being gay is wrong because gay suicides are so high!" when I was growing up and then those gay suicide rates plummet in every single part of the world where religious people stop treating them like dicks. If you're not needlessly an asshole to people, they're happier. Who would have thought it? --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:956068549] in "My L... [t:79563767]...</cite> <quote>MrMallard posted... </cite> <quote>From what I've heard, people who detransition do so because their lives get exponentially harder as trans people than as cis people. And it's true - people transition despite the increased scrutiny around them, because living true to themselves trumps the backlash initially. But by reinvigorating the backlash against trans people, it is possible to force people back into the closet because the future they face as a trans person is too much for them to bear. The thing is, though, that there are essentially two futures for a trans person facing that level of backlash. They can detransition and try to live life as their assigned gender, at which point they're snapped up by transphobes and displayed as prime examples as to why gender transition doesn't work and actually harms more than it helps... or they can commit suicide. And far more trans people choose to kill themselves than to detransition.</quote>This is a very valid point too Reminds me a lot of the idiots who kept telling me "We know being gay is wrong because gay suicides are so high!" when I was growing up and then those gay suicide rates plummet in every single part of the world where religious people stop treating them like dicks. If you're not needlessly an asshole to people, they're happier. Who would have thought it? --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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