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About me
I’m a parent whose son suddenly wanted a female body at age twelve, which seemed to come from nowhere. I believed his healthy body was fine and that this distress was a mental issue that shouldn’t be encouraged. I thought he might have latched onto the idea because he felt different from other boys. After seeing how many people were harmed by transitioning and how the medical system seemed motivated by money, I worked to protect him from what I saw as a harmful practice. Now, I’ve helped him see that he can be a feminine boy and be perfectly comfortable in his own skin.
My detransition story
My journey with this started because of my son. He was always a very feminine boy, and I never had a problem with that. But around the time he was finishing school for the summer, when he was about 12 years old, he suddenly started saying he thought there was a mistake when he was born and that he wanted a female body. It came out of nowhere, just two months before I first started posting about it.
My immediate thought was that this was not right. I told him that he couldn't change his body and that it was perfectly okay to be a feminine man. I was worried that someone at school might have put these ideas in his head, as he didn't spend much time online and I monitored him when he did. I started to research it and was shocked to see that major medical associations were treating this as normal. It went against all my logic. If you have a perfectly healthy body and your mind is causing you distress about it, that sounds like a mental disorder to me. We don't encourage other mental disorders; we try to treat them. I thought it was probably just a phase, but seeing how society was handling it made me second-guess my own instincts.
I figured that maybe because he preferred to be around girls and noticed he was different from other boys, he thought he should be a girl. I just kept reinforcing that his body was fine and that he could express himself however he wanted. I also remembered my own childhood and how I would sometimes create alternate identities for myself, like pretending to be an animal or a mythical creature. It made me think that if a child can get that invested in a fantasy identity, it wasn't a huge leap to think they could latch onto the idea of being the opposite sex.
As time went on, I saw more and more stories from people who had been harmed by transitioning. Reading about doctors abandoning patients who decided to detransition confirmed my worst fears. It became clear to me that this whole system is heavily motivated by money. People, especially vulnerable kids, are being coerced into making permanent changes. I believe gender experts are spreading false information and endocrinologists are going along with it, either out of fear or for profit. We are living in a very dark time for psychiatry, where we are altering healthy bodies to suit a distressed mind instead of treating the mind itself. I truly believe that one day, this era will be looked back on with the same horror we now view lobotomies.
I don't have any regrets about my own transition because I never transitioned. This was my experience as a parent watching my child go through this. My thoughts on gender are that it is based on your sex. I think the idea that you can have a separate "gender identity" just reinforces stereotypes. A boy can be feminine and that doesn't make him a girl. My main goal was to protect my son from what I saw as a harmful ideology and medical practice, and to help him feel comfortable in his own body as the person he was born to be.
| Age | Year | Month | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 2019 | June | My son first expressed a desire for a female body. |
| 12 | 2019 | August | I began seeking advice online, concerned he was being influenced and that this was a disorder. |
| 13 | 2020 | January | I continued to advocate against medical transition, believing the system was financially motivated and harmful. |
Top Comments by /u/Fortunato96:
I don't have a similar experience to share with you, but I just want to say this: The fact that your doctors abandoned you once you decided to detransition reinforces to me that this transgender madness is heavily motivated by money. People, both adults and children, are being coerced into transitioning, and it's a real shame because this mental disorder is not being treated correctly. These gender experts are spreading false information, and the endocrinologists are following their orders because they are either too afraid to rebel against this false narrative or simply want the extra money. We are living in a dark time of psychiatry. When it comes to distressing mental conditions, we don't alter the body to suit the whims of the mind. I am so sorry that those people did this to you. Hopefully, one day, all of this transgender madness will be looked at the way we look at lobotomies now.
I agree. Identifying with the opposite gender based on preferences like that just reinforces stereotypes. What had me concerned was this notion that gender identity can be separate from gender expression, which, I think, means that it is possible to identify as the opposite gender regardless of masculine or feminine traits. That makes no sense to me, and seems to be a mental disorder. Before my son began expressing these things, I didn’t know much about this, but it seems like we, as a society, are wrongly encouraging and collaborating with a disorder. I’m starting to wonder if more kids are identifying this way because their minds are being filled with this propaganda.
He has always been more feminine than is typical for a boy, but he only started expressing a desire to change his body about two months ago, around when school ended. He would ask me if there was some kind of mistake when he was born, and that he wants a female body. When I asked him why he felt that way, he would just say that he wants a female body. I did suspect that someone from school may have influenced him to think this way, but he hasn’t said so. If he is being influenced, then school is the only possible way, because that is the only time when he is alone. He doesn’t use the internet too often, and when he does, I monitor him. My initial reaction was to make him realize that he can’t change his body. I also told him that it’s okay to be a feminine man. I became more worried when I decided to research gender dysphoria because it seems as though society is treating transgender identities as something normal, even major medical associations. I started to think that I was wrong, but my own logic tells me that a transgender identity is a mental disorder and should therefore not be encouraged. It seems to me that if someone rejects their perfectly healthy body, then the problem lies within the mind, not the body. I always felt that this was most likely a phase, but the way this condition is being treated made me question my instincts. I do feel better after reading the comments because people are saying that he is too young for any kind of medical intervention. That is what I figured, and it is insane to me that there are people suggesting otherwise.
I will be more vigilant and have him tell me if anyone tries to push this on him in school. The only thing I am having trouble understanding is why this particular disorder is being normalized. Some people even say it’s not a disorder, but what else could it be. If a healthy body causes you to feel distress, then that’s not normal. It seems like common sense to me.
He does prefer to be around girls, and maybe he thinks he should be a girl because he is noticing that most boys are not like him. I’ve been telling him that it’s fine to be a feminine boy, and that there’s nothing wrong with his body, so hopefully he grows out of it.
That's a good point. I remember when I was a kid, I always needed some kind of alternate identity, and I would periodically get bored and want a new identity. I never had gender dysphoria, but there were times when I would pretend to be an animal or some kind of mythical creature, and sometimes I actually wanted to be known as such things. Some people say that this is not comparable to gender dysphoria, but if a child can identify as a fire-breathing dragon, it shouldn't be too hard to imagine that they could identify as the opposite sex.
I implore you not to transition. You may regret it, and it can be very difficult to restore your natural body if you end up wanting it back. Stay away from those so-called gender experts; they will try to coerce you into transitioning. This transgender madness is heavily motivated by money. People, both adults and children, are being coerced into transitioning, and it's a real shame because this mental disorder is not being treated correctly. These gender experts are spreading false information, and the endocrinologists are following their orders because they are either too afraid to rebel against this false narrative or simply want the extra money. We are living in a dark time of psychiatry. When it comes to distressing mental conditions, we don't alter the body to suit the whims of the mind. Hopefully, one day, all of this transgender madness will be looked at the way we look at lobotomies now.