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Reddit user /u/-AnomalousMaterials-'s Detransition Story

male
took hormones
serious health complications
puberty discomfort
benefited from non-affirming therapy
intersex
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There are no serious red flags suggesting it is a bot or a bad-faith actor. The user presents a highly specific, complex, and consistent personal history of being an intersex male with significant congenital health issues. The detailed medical knowledge, consistent narrative about the clash between intersex and trans healthcare concerns, and the personal stake in legal/policy outcomes all point to a real individual with a passionate, specific viewpoint. The tone is angry and frustrated, which aligns with the expected sentiment of someone whose medical care feels threatened.

About me

I was born with a rare intersex condition that has defined my medical life. My puberty was delayed, and starting testosterone in my late teens to address it caused serious, lasting health problems. My main struggle is finding doctors who understand my specific needs, and I worry that laws about hormones will block my necessary care. I never socially transitioned; my journey was always about treating a medical condition. Now, I just need an evidence-based healthcare approach that looks at my unique biology, free from the current cultural debates.

My detransition story

My journey isn't a typical transition and detransition story. I was born with a rare intersex condition called androgenetic chimerism, which is a type of mosaic genetic disorder. My whole life has been shaped by the medical complications that came with it, not by a sense of gender identity. I’ve never really understood what "feeling like a man or a woman" even means. For me, it's always been about getting the healthcare that's appropriate for my specific, complicated condition.

Because of my disorder, my puberty was delayed and halted. My parents started me on testosterone replacement therapy way too late in my teens to try and kickstart it again. That decision, though made with good intentions, ended up causing me serious health complications that I'm still dealing with now in my 30s. I have skeletal issues and osteoporosis from it. Even more troubling, I found that testosterone replacement makes me incredibly unstable. I become a danger to society and the people around me when I'm on it. My brain just doesn't handle it well at all.

My main struggle has been with the healthcare system itself. I have too many congenital health problems to bother with identity issues. I just want to see doctors who understand my rare disorder. It's already hard enough to get appropriate care because I have to see so many different specialists. The recent focus on trans issues has made things even more difficult for people like me. I worry that broad laws meant to restrict gender-affirming care will accidentally affect my access to the hormones I need to manage my intersex condition. These laws don't have clauses for intersex people, and that's a huge problem. My healthcare is complex enough without this trans and gender BS getting in the way.

I never transitioned in the social sense. I was never influenced online or by friends to be trans. My medical history is just that—medical. I don't have regrets about transitioning because I never set out to transition. I was just trying to treat a medical condition. My only regrets are about the timing of my hormone therapy and the lasting health problems it caused.

I’ve benefited from seeing doctors who don't just affirm an identity but who actually look at my complex genetic and hormonal makeup. That non-affirming, evidence-based approach is what I need. The whole debate often forgets about people like me. Intersex people just want to be left alone from forced treatments and assignments, but now we're getting caught in the crossfire of a cultural war we didn't start.

Here is a timeline of my medical journey:

Age Event
Teen years My puberty was delayed and eventually halted due to my intersex condition.
Late teens Started testosterone replacement therapy on a doctor's advice to restart puberty.
30s Now dealing with serious health complications from the late hormone treatment, including skeletal issues, osteoporosis, and cognitive instability when on testosterone.

Top Reddit Comments by /u/-AnomalousMaterials-:

7 comments • Posting since January 15, 2024
Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (detrans male) comments on the conflicting goals between trans and intersex communities regarding medical treatments for children.
30 pointsJul 26, 2024
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It's funny because that's what it is in that sub.

What is also funny is realizing that the trans community teaming up with the intersex community doesn't work due to the antithetical missions of both communities.

Intersex people just want to be left alone as children with forced surgical treatments and forced gender assignments ...whereas, the trans community wants children to have the ability to have surgical treatments and gender affirming care.

I don't know how this all works but I can assuredly state that this whole thing is a mess.

- AnomalousMaterials- expresses that, due to having a rare congenital disorder and numerous health problems, their main concern is receiving appropriate healthcare rather than focusing on gender identity issues. They agree with a doctor in the discussion who stated that people with rare congenital conditions often struggle to get proper care because they must see many different doctors. For -AnomalousMaterials-, questioning gender or basing their identity on gender issues feels irrelevant and even counterproductive given their health challenges. They state that if transitioning would guarantee a better quality of life, they would consider it, but in their case, transitioning would likely worsen their health and do more harm than good. Overall, their experience with complex medical needs leads them to prioritize practical healthcare over identity concerns.
20 pointsOct 12, 2024
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What does feeling like a man or woman even mean? Lol

I just want healthcare appropriate for my condition. I have too many health problems to bother with identity issues. The doctor who posted in this thread is right 100%. Those of us with the rare congenital problems have trouble with getting appropriate care due to having to see many doctors. It would be antithetical to me to start questioning my gender and base my entire identity on that alone. Like I feel like if I could be guaranteed to have a better quality of life by transitioning, then I would do such, but I gotta enough problems with being born with this shittastic disorder that I know that transitioning would be a hell of a lot worse for me and do more harm to my overall health.

Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (desisted male) explains how the "incel to tgirl pipeline" will prevent wider acceptance of the transgender community due to a lack of checks and balances.
18 pointsJan 15, 2024
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Yeah. As with everyone else commenting.

This is why the trans community needs checks and balances and basically we have OP giving the logical conclusion to what happens when there are no restrictions and this whole inclusiveness of everyone.

I initially thought this was a joke post but the whole incel transgender thing is becoming so common that I know that this will be one of the biggest factors to why the transgender community will never see acceptance like the other communities.

Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (desisted male) explains how policies focused on trans issues negatively affect intersex people.
15 pointsJan 26, 2025
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Intersex person who is not trans here saying hello to the people who don't think these policies don't affect anyone outside the trans community.

I would like to state ...it does! Again, you can look through my history if you want proof as obviously this is the only subreddit I follow ever since the trans / gender thing got out of hand these past several years.

Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (desisted male) explains how delayed hormone treatment during puberty led to their own severe skeletal and cognitive issues, and suggests the original poster may have an underlying congenital syndrome requiring a geneticist.
6 pointsJan 13, 2025
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Are you intersex? As an intersex male with too many goddamn congenital health issues too, I can honestly state that hormones may not be a direct cause of your overall health but they definitely provide an indirect cause into growth and development issues by adding or delaying hormone replacement in the pubertal years.

My parents started me on testosterone way too late during my teens after my puberty halted (delayed puberty in general) and this caused many skeletal / osteoporosis issues I'm dealing with now in my 30's.

In addition to that, it was due to not having a full puberty, that I have many other issues related to growth and development. One of those issues is also cognitive function and stability. I'm pretty unstable on testosterone replacement so much that I am pretty much considered a danger to society and to the people around me on testosterone.

Overall though, it does sound like you have a congenital- inborn syndrome affecting you that would require you being referred to a geneticist or genetic counselor so that you will be able to find a specific treatment plan for your condition.

Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (desisted male) explains why T injections may be counterintuitive for restarting natural production, and discusses using Clomid to help reset the HPA axis after long-term HRT.
4 pointsMar 21, 2024
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Injecting T will be counterintuitive since your Hypothalamus - Pituitary - Adrenal - Axis (HPA) has not had enough time to reset... which after being on a certain type of hormonal replacement for a long period can take up to ~6+ months ...if at all.

While it's not recommended by some doctors, taking Clomid after any hormonal replacement therapy is sometimes used to help the HPA axis to reinitiate the regulatory pathway to get back your natural hormonal functions.

Reddit user -AnomalousMaterials- (desisted male) explains how anti-trans "umbrella laws" could have severe unintended consequences for intersex people, cancer patients, and menopausal individuals, and details his personal plan to challenge them in federal court due to his own complex congenital condition.
3 pointsJan 27, 2025
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I didn't know this as well until my doctors had notified me that things might get a little troublesome for me if these laws don't necessarily have intersex clauses in them (which we both know they don't since they target directly trans people). However, it does give intersex people more fuel to the fire to quash down the umbrella laws because no judge of the court is going to go through medical records based on this topic because of sex (HIPAA). However it could be a double edged sword putting the nail in the coffin for anyone and everyone receiving hormones in general (not just for intersex and trans people but for those taking hormones for cancer / menopause as well.)

So really... at the end of the day, I don't necessarily have much forgiveness towards anyone here because let's be perfectly honest... My healthcare is already pretty complex due to my other congenital issuesband I'm going to do what I'm going to do to get my healthcare that I need because I am tired of this trans and gender BS. My condition (androgenetic chimerism or aka mosaic GWpUPD) is just way too complicated to deal with and I do plan on going the federal court route if it so happens there's an umbrella trans law affecting me.

Note: my extended family are all Fed judges appointed by Carter / Bush. If I go through the law side this might create a sweeping effect on both sides of the aisle. Trans and some intersex variations, that are unlike mine, where you cannot account for the variations that are non-genetically significant are likely to hurt more ...along with everyone else taking hormones such as cancer patients / menopause people.