This story is from the comments by /u/TheDorkyDane that are listed below, summarised with AI.
User Authenticity Assessment: Not Suspicious
Based on the provided comments, there are no serious red flags indicating that "TheDorkyDane" is an inauthentic account, a bot, or not a real person.
The comments display a high degree of personal consistency, emotional depth, and a coherent, long-term worldview. The user shares specific personal details (e.g., diagnosis of Schizoid/Schizotypal Personality Disorder, being on Citalopram, experiences with therapy, a career in music) that are woven naturally into their arguments over a multi-year period. Their passion and anger are consistent with the genuine trauma experienced by many detransitioners and desisters.
While the user expresses strong, polemical opinions, the content is nuanced. They distinguish between "legitimate" trans people and what they see as a predatory industry or cultural movement, and they often express sympathy for individuals with gender dysphoria. The writing style is consistent and contains the kind of idiosyncrasies (e.g., rhetorical questions, conversational tangents, personal anecdotes) typical of a real person rather than a scripted bot.
Conclusion: The account appears authentic. The perspectives, while strong, are within the realm of genuine belief for a desister/detransitioned individual who is deeply concerned about the medical transition of young people.
About me
I started as a lonely young woman who felt like an outsider, and I later learned my struggles were due to a personality disorder, not being born the wrong sex. I'm terrified by how quickly doctors push permanent, damaging treatments on confused kids, which I believe is creating a lifetime of medical problems. Through therapy, I learned to accept myself as a woman with both masculine and feminine interests. Now, I advocate for honesty about these dangers, believing your value comes from who you are, not from changing your body. We need to be kind and let people be unique individuals without harmful labels or procedures.
My detransition story
My journey with all of this started when I was really young. I’ve always felt like a bit of an outsider, and when I was 21, I was diagnosed with a schizoid personality disorder. Looking back, a lot of my struggles with fitting in and feeling isolated were because of that, not because I was born in the wrong body. I was desperate for acceptance, especially from my peers, and I can see now that if the pressure to transition had been as strong back then as it is today, I might have been convinced that was the answer. I was just a lonely kid who didn’t understand why I was different.
I never medically transitioned myself, but I’ve spent a lot of time learning about the dangers, especially for young people. The way I see it, your gender is just one small part of who you are. We’re all a mix of masculine and feminine traits, and that’s what makes us unique individuals. For me, I’m a woman who loves pretty dresses and putting on makeup, but I also love watching superhero movies and playing video games. Those things don’t make me less of a woman; they just make me me.
What terrifies me is how quickly doctors are pushing hormones and surgeries on kids who are just confused or going through a tough time. I read about drugs like Lupron, which is used as a puberty blocker, and it makes me sick. It’s given to kids claiming it just “pauses” puberty, but that’s a lie. It causes permanent damage like brittle bones that can break easily and can leave you sterile, unable to ever have an orgasm. They use this drug on sex offenders to kill their sex drive, but they give it to children for years. It’s not a pause button; it’s a destructive drug, and it’s creating lifelong patients for the medical industry.
I believe a lot of people, especially young girls, are being misled. They might be autistic, or depressed, or just uncomfortable with the changes of puberty. They might be tomboys or guys who like feminine things, and that’s perfectly okay. Instead of being told to embrace who they are, they’re told their body is wrong. They’re promised that surgery and hormones will fix everything, but it often just creates a whole new set of problems. Bottom surgery doesn’t create a real vagina or penis; it creates a wound that needs constant care and has a high risk of infection and loss of feeling. It’s modern-day lobotomy.
I’ve seen how this culture bullies people into silence. If you question anything, you’re called a transphobe. It’s a form of manipulation, like an abuser saying “if you leave me, I’ll kill myself.” They use the threat of suicide to shame parents and kids into making permanent decisions. But the data shows that the suicide rate is actually very high even after transition, especially many years later when people realize it didn’t solve their problems.
My own mental health got better through cognitive behavioral therapy, not drugs or surgery. It was hard work, but it helped me learn to communicate and accept myself. I’m still on an antidepressant, and it’s hard to get off of, which just shows me that messing with your body’s chemistry should be a last resort.
I don’t have any regrets about my own transition because I never went down that path, but I have deep regret that so many others are being led into it without understanding the risks. I regret that the fun, accepting culture around drag and being different has been replaced by something rigid and bullying. We’ve lost the ability to just let people be themselves without forcing labels on them.
My thoughts on gender are simple: be who you are. You don’t need to change your body to fit in. Your value isn’t in your gender; it’s in your heart, your mind, and the unique person you are. We need to be kind to ourselves and to each other, and that starts with being honest about the permanent damage that can come from transition.
Here is a timeline of my relevant thoughts and realizations based on my comments:
| Age | Event |
|---|---|
| Childhood | Felt isolated and had difficulty fitting in with peers. |
| 19 | Was put on antipsychotic drugs for misdiagnosed issues; they made me feel worse. |
| 21 | Diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder. Underwent cognitive behavioral therapy, which helped immensely. |
| 31 | Released my first single, realizing it’s never too late to pursue new passions and find success. |
| 35 (Present) | Advocate for caution regarding medical transition, based on extensive research into its risks and outcomes. |
Top Reddit Comments by /u/TheDorkyDane:
Period constipation and period poops!
Enough said.
But also... Acne outbreak. Exhaustion. Feelings of depression. Muscle soreness ALL over your body.
Yeah... Any guy who are fantasizing over periods, pregnancy and giving birth needs to be kicked in the balls. Repeatedly.
Oh the way they are using Lupron on kids is EVIL!
This should be written up everywhere, what Lupron actually does! It will leave you PERMANENTLY sterilized. kids who were on it for a prolonged period of time will NEVER have the ability to get an orgasm. You are robbing them of ANY chance of sexual pleasure or that closeness that come with a sexual relationship.
AND... it prohibits bone growth! Kids who took this will have the bone density of an 80 year old when they reach the age of 16! Their bones are fragile and will shatter from physical activity.
It's SICK. Heck it doesn't even help people transition later on!
Biological males who were on Lupron, their penis will not grow normally. So that means that if they want to go through trans surgery and get a vagina-plasti... There is not enough tissue in that region to do it. They can't actually transition anymore... Because of the lupron.
It's the sickest money scheme I have ever heard of and everyone should spread this information to everyone.
People who were NEVER on hormone blockers as kids could transition fine as adults, you don't need them. It's just for money.
Lupron can be used for two things... They can sterilize sex offenders and rob them of their sexual drive so they won't rape again.
And it can be used as an alternative to chemo for people with prostate cancer! And even then, it explicitly says that men with this cancer should ONLY be on it for six months as any more has untold damages outweighing the cancer risk!
But why do they do it anyway? These doctors.... easy... 580 dollars a shot, four shots a year. That's 2320 dollars in their pocket... A year... and future money on surgeries. Good for business.
And using the plight of very real and suffering people with actual gender dysphoria to do it... Spread the word everywhere. This is awfull.
Yeah.... A new show just came out on Netflix. "Dead end Paranormal park."
And I was interested! It reminded me of gravity falls. Description. "A trans boy escapes to a park where people will accept him for who he is."
....... And then in the show it is explained why this... female to male trans person ran away from home. Are you ready for this?
His mother accepted him and used the correct pronounce, his father accepted him and used the correct pronounce... But the GRANPDARENT said something mean and the parents didn't stand up over this ONE mean comment at the dinner table.
That's it... That in this show justifies running away from home. And create this entire fantasy of being yourself at a haunted park.
So yeah, this show pretty much tells the audience that you are EVIL and wrong for ever questioning the identity of a trans person. And if you DON'T stand up to defend them, even when they are... 12 -13 in this show... I think... You're just as evil and this kid was right to run away from home.
That's the message here...
And of course it's based on a comic by a self proclaimed queer author. As a lot of people have pointed out. There are trans, Gays and Lesbians on ALL sides of the political spectrum. Only the far left calls themselves Queer -_-;
But yeah... This is a kids show... on Netflix... For little kids... Obviously trying to normalize this "Beautiful." thing and saying parents are evil if they are not defending it cause the kid is always right.
And these people are obviously just ignoring the real life consequences of these ill informed decisions. And also that... Kids are super impressionable and will pretend to be all kinds of things.
When I was a kid I pretended I was a pokemon trainer and I had actual pokemon following me around I could talk to and communicate with. And I imagined myself as Jack Sparrow though I am female... Just... This is not for kids and people who consider going through it needs to be well informed over the risks.
I don't agree with everything Asmon says.
But i do respect him for just being completely honest, saying what his honest to god opinion is.
And he doesn't change his opinion to grift to either side.
He is a self admitted Socialist that advocate for higher minimum income laws and similar that goes against the right wing people
And he is anti woke calling out the BS of the far left, so he goes against them too.
He is legit just being honest with what he thinks, and I respect that.
I swear man, it's like this people find the most BEAUTIFUL young girls on this earth and decide to put them on T...
Maybe it's true it's ugly women who just wanna destroy the competition, I just don't know.... Just seems like it.
I'm glad you could reverse it, looking good!
Wow you're beautiful, especially those eyes.
And it's so weird in the first picture you have that look of... You're trying to give us a smile, you're putting on the smile but there's sadness in the eyes.
In the last picture, the smile is so much more relaxed and the light in your eyes so much more genuine.
I will though say, you have true life in your eyes in all four pictures. There's no picture here where you look dead or soulless.
I hope you'll continue doing well, and continue with that genuine and gorgeous smile that makes your eyes shine.
Twelve?! TWELVE! You began on this when you were TWELVE.
Jesus christ. Of course, you don't know who you actually are at twelve; you don't even know at fifteen. You're a kid.
Listen, NO ONE does at that age. This is the age where we ALL had some kind of cringe phase trying to find ourselves. Whether it was Goth, or Punk, or anime girl or... the very popular one right now trans... It is a confusing time for sure, for everybody who goes through it.
This is the time period where you're slowly becoming a woman, but aren't there you. This is where you figure out what being a woman is, you're not going to actually know for sure until you're well into your twenties.
I mean, ask yourself... What feels more right.
Do artificial things to your body, such as drugs and surgeries, to meet some sort of standard imposed by a peer group.
Or just do NOTHING to your body, just accept it the way it is, and be at peace with what nature itself gave you.
It really was better back when the teenage cringe trend was just being Emo, because that is perfectly reversible in every way. You just change your clothes and let your hair grow back out to get rid of the black hair dye.
Don't do anything to your body... Please...
Well, because it's a belief system. It's a religion.
And in their religion trans is a legit male soul in a female body, or a female soul in a male body.
And that's something you are born as, and such you were always trans and can never be in doubt or change your mind about it.
And in their minds, because you changed your mind, you aren't the wrong soul in the wrong body and were a faker.. That's the mindset, the ideology.
It really helps when you start thinking of it as a religion and these Trans extremists are basically... transgender fundamentalists. They are extremely religious in trangenderism and you're a heretic.
Well you have to remember... The Internet is not real life.
The pictures that people post on Instagram and their TikTok videos don't reflect reality nor what their life is actually like.
It's another genre, but there are people pretending to be rich on Instagram for clicks, renting sets to make it look like they are on a jet when they don't have that kind of money.
In the same vein, trans influencers put on smiles and promote their lifestyle as if they are happy and everything is fine when it's probably not. They are constantly searching for this validation... because they are in fact not happy.
This promise of happiness they constantly put up.... It's fake, it's a lie. They want you to believe if you just do this all your problems will be solved and you will be happy... But it's fake.
Remember.... People who have to constantly show you and remind you how happy they are... Probably aren't happy at all. Be careful what you're fooled by.
They want you to think that if you follow their lead your problems will be solved... But THEIR problems hasn't been solved either and they are usually deeply unhappy and insecure which is why they put on that kind of face.
Yeah I think people back then were too busy, you know... Surviving! Every single day... To even begin to grasp any ideas about gender ideology.
Now, there were some very affiminate men who liked to pretend they were women and did weird sex stuff with it... Yes.
We have historical records about that both in ancient Rome and dear god... France!
Oh my god France and the hyper sexualised literature from the 1700s century. It's weird shit man.
Were there women who would pick up arms and defend their villages and so on... yes!
Because if men were all out to war or whatever, who is left defending the village? ... The women... So in some societies such as the old viking societies and Sparta society... it was common for women to know how to handle weapon just in case raiders passed by and the village needed defending.
And we have some stories about women dressing up as men to join the army, the two most famous examples being. "Mulan." and "Joan of Arc."
But in no way does this make them the other sex, heck it's never even described in the texts as them being a different sex.
Joan of Arc is still a woman in all the texts.
The shield maidens of Scandinavia were mothers and gave birth, there's not a single mention about them declaring themselves men.
And... even the weirdo french people. (Yeah if you want weird stuff look up Fredillo.) ... Still just called it feminine men.... So yeah...
The concept itself didn't really exist until the 1920's where... Ahem... people don't like hearing it but the place where "Gender androgeny" and trying to erase the lines between men and women were really a thing for the first time... It was in Weimar Germany...... In.. In the 1920's... That's the origin point to these terms... yeah, in Germany's 1920's....
So that's a story where that ended up...