The Department of Education worked with the far-right Family Research Council to officially designate March 12th as Detrans Awareness Day last year. But what actually leads people to detransition? It's not regret, but social stigma, incited by the very figures who claim to protect detransitioners. I want to hear their stories describing how the current moral panic influenced their decisions.
This is from the 2015 US Transgender Study
The 2022 US Trans Survey had similar numbers:
Too hard to be trans in my community 41%
Pressure from a parent 37%
Pressure from other family members 24%
Too much harassment or discrimination for being trans 33%
Gender transition was not right for me 4%
Another good source on this is the 2021 study Factors Leading to “Detransition” Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Analysis,
Pressure from a parent 35.6%
It was just too hard for me 33.6%
Pressure from community or societal stigma 32.5%
I had trouble getting a job 26.9%
Pressure from other family members 25.9%
Pressure from spouse or partner 20.2%
Pressure from friends or roommates 14.2%
Pressure from my employer 17.5%
Pressure from a mental health professional 5.7%
Pressure from religion 5.4%
Fluctuations in identity or desire to transition 10.5%
Psychological reasons 3.9%
Financial reasons 3.5%
Medical reasons 3.3%
Uncertainty or doubt around gender 2.4%
And many studies from other countries show similar data.
