March 12, 2021 the inaugural 'Detransition Awareness Day', provided an opportunity to raise awareness of detransition and of the stories of detransitioners. While Keira Bell is perhaps the most famous of the detransitioners. Many others have found it necessary to unite and to campaign for better treatment, both by society and by the medical profession. … Continue reading Detransition Awareness Day
Who is Keira Bell?
Keira Bell is a complainant in an important legal case. Her journey from girl to adult woman included a detour through believing she was transgender. Keira Bell In 2013, when she was 16, Keira Bell was prescribed puberty blockers by the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), part of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. GIDS … Continue reading Who is Keira Bell?
The Myth of Detransition
Detransition is the process, usually social sometimes medical, that young people go through when they reject their transgender gender identity after having under gone medical treatment to imitate the opposite sex. When this happens before any medical intervention it is known as desistance. We know that desistance rates are high, about 85% in studies, and … Continue reading The Myth of Detransition
Informed Consent
Keira Bell is a detransitoner – a young woman who used to be transgender but has since desisted from the medication and behaviours associated with transgenderism. In January 2020 Keira joined the legal action being pursued by Susan Evans, a former employee of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), and a parent "A" of a … Continue reading Informed Consent
Aaron on Becoming
This article originated as a Twitter thread by Francis Aaron https://twitter.com/FrancisAaronUK and is reproduced here by kind permission. As a unique amalgam of Nietzschean philosophy and satirical rap, it manages somehow to explain to the wider world what we non-affirming parents 'just know' but find difficult to explain ourselves. This is the first line in … Continue reading Aaron on Becoming
Desisters and Detranstitioners
While there are extensive protocols for working with children, adolescents and adults who wish to transition, nothing exists for those working with desisters or detransitioners. With very little research and no clear guidance on how to work with this population. This 'debate' paper by Catherine Butler and Anna Hutchinson calls for more research and services … Continue reading Desisters and Detranstitioners
The Detransition Advocacy Network
The Detransition Advocacy Network The Detransition Advocacy Network (TDAN) is a charitable, nonprofit, global effort to improve the well-being of detransitioned people everywhere. Launched in November 2019, TDAN works with local chapters through its core leadership to support those who desist from gender transition, and to lobby institutions for the destigmatisation of detransition and expansion … Continue reading The Detransition Advocacy Network
Ellie and Nele: A Detransiton Tale
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-51806011
BBC Newsnight
This TV programme includes an interview between Emily Maitlis and Elizabeth van Horn of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. During this interview, Emily Maitlis asks some of the questions we had previously pitched at the Council of Governor’s meeting. Specifically, that people are put on medical pathways without the requisite evidence, and that … Continue reading BBC Newsnight
The Trans Train
The Trans Train - Swedish documentary (with English subtitles)