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Reddit user /u/llllllunknownllllll's Detransition Story

Transitioned: 23 -> Detransitioned: 25
female
low self-esteem
regrets transitioning
influenced online
only transitioned socially
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Based on this comment history alone, the account appears authentic. The user expresses a consistent, highly emotional viewpoint that is common among some detransitioners and desisters. The raw anger, personal struggle ("it scares me when I suddenly want to chance myself"), and the admission of being drunk in one comment contribute to a sense of a real person grappling with these issues.

There are no serious red flags suggesting it is a bot or an inauthentic account created to impersonate a detransitioner. The language is erratic and passionate, not formulaic, and the perspective, while extreme, is internally consistent with someone who feels victimized by transgender ideology.

About me

I'm in my mid-twenties, and my struggle started about two years ago when I got sucked into online content about transgender issues. I began to feel a deep fear about being a woman and even thought life would be easier if I were a man, not from a true desire to change but from feeling devalued. I realized I was being influenced by an ideology that reduces male and female to stereotypes and appearances, which warped my own sense of self. Thankfully, I never took any medical steps and only ever questioned my gender in my own head. Now, I reject the idea of gender identity and believe we need to protect the reality of biological sex while letting people live freely.

My detransition story

My whole experience with this started about two years ago. I’m in my mid-twenties, and before that, I never even thought about my gender. It just wasn’t something on my radar. I went to school in the early 2000s, and I remember there were girls who dressed like boys and guys who were emo, with long hair and eyeliner. Nobody made a big deal about it. No one was getting kicked out of bathrooms. It felt like a completely different world.

Then, I started seeing all this stuff online, especially on TikTok, about being transgender. It was like it exploded overnight. I got sucked into watching these compilations about "gender nonsense" and "fake trans people." I started feeling really scared and upset about everything. I began to feel like, as a woman, I was under attack. I had this growing fear of being in public, and I started having thoughts that maybe life would be easier if I were a man. I thought, "Women are just little playthings to men anyway. We're just objects." The idea of taking hormones or having surgeries to change myself crossed my mind, not because I wanted to be male, but because I felt like my existence as a woman meant nothing. It was a really dark place.

A big part of what pulled me in was seeing people like Blaire White and others online who would say things like, "I know I'm a biological male." For some reason, that gave me a weird sense of validation, like at least they were admitting the truth. But I slowly realized that the whole ideology, from every side, is based on gender stereotypes and appearance. It’s all about how you look and whether you "pass." They’ve warped what it means to be a man or a woman into a costume. I started questioning who I was because of all this external noise, not because of some innate feeling inside me.

I don't believe in gender identity. I think there is male and female, and that's it. Your sex is biological. Calling someone "he" or "she" should be based on that reality, not on how they dress or feel. This ideology tries to force everyone to play along with a fantasy, and it’s having real, harmful consequences. Women are losing their sex-based rights to spaces like bathrooms and sports. We’re being silenced and called "TERFs" just for wanting to feel safe. It’s not hateful to be uncomfortable with a male person in a female bathroom. It’s a matter of safety and rights.

Looking back, I see that my spiral into questioning myself was a reaction to the fear and anger I felt watching this ideology spread. I was influenced by what I saw online, and it fed on my low self-esteem and the discomfort I felt about how women are treated. I never took any hormones or had any surgeries. I only ever transitioned socially in my own head, by considering it. I’m glad I didn’t go through with anything medical because I know it wouldn’t have solved my real problems. My regret is that I ever let this way of thinking into my life and that it caused me so much unnecessary pain. I just want people to be able to live how they want, dress how they want, and love who they want, without it dictating anything. We need to get back to a place where biology matters and where women’s rights are protected.

Here is a timeline of what happened:

My Age Event
Early 2000s (School Age) Grew up in a time when people expressed themselves differently (e.g., "tomboys," "emos") without any talk of gender identity. It was a non-issue.
About 2 years ago (around age 23) First learned about transgender ideology online. Started consuming content on platforms like TikTok about "gender nonsense."
The last 2 years Began to feel intense fear and anger about women's rights. Started questioning my own gender as a reaction to the ideology, considering if life would be easier as a man.
The last 2 years Felt influenced and "warped" by online figures who mix admissions of biological sex with gender identity, which created confusion and a false sense of validation.
Now (mid-20s) Realized the ideology is based on harmful stereotypes. Rejected the concept of gender identity. I only ever socially questioned myself; no medical steps were taken. I regret the mental turmoil it caused.

Top Comments by /u/llllllunknownllllll:

17 comments • Posting since June 23, 2023
Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) explains their opposition to trans women in women's spaces, citing safety concerns in sports and restrooms and the belief that gender identity is a "made-up fantasy."
42 pointsJun 25, 2023
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Biological men shouldn't be in womens sports. Exactly their stronger and have a weapon in womens restrooms, and there is plenty of evidence saying women have been raped by men in the restroom and in prisons. This isn't saying every trans identified is some evil dangerous person, but its either we have womens sex based rights or women lose their rights completely. Why should we make exceptions because some people may be good and some may be bad for some identity that doesn't exist and is some made-up fantasy Someone created for themselves. It's sick.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) deconstructs a trans-identified male's argument that labels women's rights activists as "TERFS," claims discomfort with him in the restroom is a masculine trait, and asserts that trans women's femininity is a superior performance of stereotypes.
39 pointsJun 30, 2023
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(Not what i actually think, just my breakdown of pretty much what this really means since they wanna manipulate, play games, and try to gaslight women)

"Biological women's rights (aka TERFS) aren't human rights. It's very "masculine" of these TERFS to think of ME, a biological man, as anything less than a woman. Any biological woman who disagrees with ME going into the womens bathroom shouldn't be allowed in MY restroom. It makes ME uncomfortable because biological women are saying they are uncomfortable with ME being in the womens restroom. We shouldn't allow women who are uncomfortable with ME in the womens restroom because they are dangerous..."Trans women" are more feminine because we like to make stereotypes of what feminity is and use it as a mask to emulate what we think a woman is. All because WE know best."

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) comments that the recent dominance of trans women in sports is due to a modern ideology that provides an incentive, rather than a genuine increase in trans individuals.
30 pointsJun 25, 2023
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I completely agree. Their strong hand is strong just dressed up. Also know they are stronger too if it was genuine, why didn't we hear about tims dominating sports a few years back. You spread and ideology normalize it then ontop of that give it an incentive. People take advantage. Even though I don't agree with this ideology trans identified people from the past was just trying to chill and live life. Not infect society. It's all a game now.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) explains why sex-based rights cannot have exceptions for gender identity, arguing that appearance and "passing" are irrelevant to biological sex.
20 pointsJun 25, 2023
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Me being a woman isn't an appearance, and anyone else being a man isn't an appearance either. Doesn't matter. We make exceptions based on that sense women lose their rights, and men lose their rights. Can we all see how their is no way to make exceptions about this. Sex based rights period. It's gotten to be out of control to make exceptions. Maybe years ago we didn't know but in our face and it's a problem. And I bring up looks because the ones who think they pass or do pass it doesn't matter. Sex isn't based on appearance, so then we would be basing restrooms off of how you fit based on gender stereotypes, not sex based rights. Which is what it is a sex based right.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) comments that the trans rights movement has shifted from a goal of blending in to a tool for men to gain control over women's spaces, leading to the silencing of women who speak out.
20 pointsJun 30, 2023
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I mean I'm sure years ago I was probably in the bathroom with a "trans woman" but idk. I'm not the bathroom police as they call it. I don't go around looking for it. I'm just saying because it's gotten so out of control now they literally want to take over our spaces and have some power to do so. Now women speaking out are silenced and called TERFS and hateful. It's no longer about blending in its about men using this ideology as ammunition to gain control.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) explains why it's not hate for biological females to feel uncomfortable with trans-identified males in their restrooms and encourages them to stand up for their rights.
18 pointsJun 30, 2023
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I get that, but it shouldn't be this way. But it's not hate if we feel uncomfortable and are not ok with the opposite sex using the restroom, especially with people who think this, which a lot of them do. If you're a female, you have every right to go into the female restroom. You have to stand up to people basing it solely on your appearance.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) explains their opposition to males in female spaces, rejecting the label "trans exclusionary" and vowing to stand with women who feel taken advantage of by trans ideology.
16 pointsJun 30, 2023
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I find that term hilarious calling me "trans" exclusionary for not wanting males in the female restrooms or womens sports. When it's a female right and somehow that makes me a radical feminist 🤣 and that I need to suck it up. I won't. I will keep standing by women and the women who are being taken advantage of by this ideology. Alot of women are NOT ok with this. I can tell you don't usually listen to the ones who are not and quickly dismiss them because you are so stuck in this ideology.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) comments on the changing attitudes in women's bathrooms, arguing that the current "ideology" is to blame for recent conflicts, not the historical presence of masculine-presenting women.
12 pointsJun 25, 2023
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I'm sorry if I sound oblivious. I will never understand how you feel in that sense. It makes me really sad, though. It never used to be like this that's what pisses me off. 😡 it's a woman's right to be in the bathroom regardless of her appearance I can count numerous times I went in the bathroom and there were "studs" in there that's what they used to call themselves. Noone ever said shit it's this ideology ruining everything that's why people are getting kicker out of their bathrooms cause it didn't happen Years ago.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) explains their belief that sex is strictly binary and biological, rejecting the concept of gender identity as "fantasy" and refusing to be coerced into using different pronouns.
9 pointsJun 30, 2023
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There is male and female. So therefore it is he or she. This is a biological male and is a he. Biological female is a she. End of story. Your not going to try to coherse me to going along with this nonsense. It's all fantasy. Call me a bigot or transphobe whatever you like. I don't hate anyone.

Reddit user llllllunknownllllll (Questioning own gender identity) comments on the rapid cultural shift in gender discourse, contrasting their 2000s school experience with today's climate.
8 pointsJun 25, 2023
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I didn't even know what transgender was till about 2 years ago. I'm in my mid twenties So I'm just trying to understand is all. I feel like I'm in a different universe or something. This is like some kind of dystopian nightmare. Noone should treat people like that. I went to school in early 2000s I know alot of women who dressed like boys. I can't say I knew any men who dressed like girls but at that time there were slot of emos so guys who painted there nails and wore their hair long with eyeliner. Noone was getting kicked out bathrooms or anything. Noone was talking about gender. Its just crazy to me how all this happened in such a short amount of time. I never even though about my gender till like the past couple years and lately been questioning who I am. All of its insane.