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'''Detransition''' is the desistance and reversal of a [[Transitioning (transgender)|gender transition]]. Like transition, it is a process that can involve changing one's [[gender expression]], [[Identity (social science)|social identity]], [[Identity document|legal IDs]], and [[sexual characteristics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Detransitioning: Going From Male To Female To Male Again|url=http://www.vocativ.com/culture/lgbt/detransitioning-male-female-male-again/|website=Vocativ|accessdate=1 September 2017|date=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="hertzog">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent |title=The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't |author=Hertzog, Katie|date=28 June 2017|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="graham">{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Julie |title=Detransition, Retransition: What Providers Need to Know |url=https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Detransitioning-and-Retransitioning-graham-1.pdf |website=fenwayhealth.org |publisher=Fenway Health |accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> |
'''Detransition''' is the desistance and reversal of a [[Transitioning (transgender)|gender transition]]. Like transition, it is a process that can involve changing one's [[gender expression]], [[Identity (social science)|social identity]], [[Identity document|legal IDs]], and [[sexual characteristics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Detransitioning: Going From Male To Female To Male Again|url=http://www.vocativ.com/culture/lgbt/detransitioning-male-female-male-again/|website=Vocativ|accessdate=1 September 2017|date=15 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="hertzog">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent |title=The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't |author=Hertzog, Katie|date=28 June 2017|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="graham">{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Julie |title=Detransition, Retransition: What Providers Need to Know |url=https://fenwayhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Detransitioning-and-Retransitioning-graham-1.pdf |website=fenwayhealth.org |publisher=Fenway Health |accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> |
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⚫ | A 2018 study of detransition rates, surveying 46 [[World Professional Association for Transgender Health|WPATH]]-registered surgeons from the United States and Europe, found that approximately 0.3% of people who underwent a transition-related surgery later requested detransition-related care. About a third reported a change in gender identity, while the rest reported being motivated by either surgical complications or social rejection.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Danker|first=Sara, MD|last2=Narayan|first2=Sasha K., BA|last3=Bluebond-Langner|first3=Rachel, MD|last4=Schechter|first4=Loren S., MD, FACS|last5=Berli|first5=Jens U., MD|date=August 2018|title=A Survey Study of Surgeons' Experience with Regret and/or Reversal of Gender-Confirmation Surgeries|url=https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2018/08001/Abstract___A_Survey_Study_of_Surgeons__Experience.266.aspx|journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open|volume=6|pages=189|via=Wolters Kluwer}}</ref> |
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Urologist and gender-reassignment surgeon [[Miroslav Djordjevic]] reported in October 2017 an increase in demand for reversal surgeries, most commonly in those born male and who are over the age of 30. Djordjevic has reported patient expressing "crippling depression" and suicidality. He also has asserted the existence of a "taboo" in talking about issues relating to detransitioners' needs, for it being perceived as "politically incorrect".<ref name="borreli">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/transgender-women-transgender-men-sex-change-sex-reassignment-surgery-676777|title=Transgender surgery: regret rates highest in male-to-female reassignment operations|author=Borreli, Lizette|date=3 October 2017|work=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="shute">{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/the-new-taboo-more-people-regret-sex-change-and-want-to-detransition-surgeon-says|title=The new taboo: More people regret sex change and want to 'detransition', surgeon says|last=Shute|first=Joe|date=2 October 2017|website=[[National Post]]|publisher =Postmedia|accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref> |
Urologist and gender-reassignment surgeon [[Miroslav Djordjevic]] reported in October 2017 an increase in demand for reversal surgeries, most commonly in those born male and who are over the age of 30. Djordjevic has reported patient expressing "crippling depression" and suicidality. He also has asserted the existence of a "taboo" in talking about issues relating to detransitioners' needs, for it being perceived as "politically incorrect".<ref name="borreli">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/transgender-women-transgender-men-sex-change-sex-reassignment-surgery-676777|title=Transgender surgery: regret rates highest in male-to-female reassignment operations|author=Borreli, Lizette|date=3 October 2017|work=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="shute">{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/the-new-taboo-more-people-regret-sex-change-and-want-to-detransition-surgeon-says|title=The new taboo: More people regret sex change and want to 'detransition', surgeon says|last=Shute|first=Joe|date=2 October 2017|website=[[National Post]]|publisher =Postmedia|accessdate=28 January 2019}}</ref> |
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Detransition is the desistance and reversal of a gender transition. Like transition, it is a process that can involve changing one's gender expression, social identity, legal IDs, and sexual characteristics.[1][2][3]
Frequency
A 2018 study of detransition rates, surveying 46 WPATH-registered surgeons from the United States and Europe, found that approximately 0.3% of people who underwent a transition-related surgery later requested detransition-related care. About a third reported a change in gender identity, while the rest reported being motivated by either surgical complications or social rejection.[4]
Personal experiences
Some people detransition after feeling that their transition did not properly address their needs, citing reasons including discomfort with the sex characteristics developed during transition,[5] concern regarding the lack of data on long-term effects of hormone replacement therapy,[2] and surgical complications.[6][7][8] One individual who detransitioned said that he struggled with his gender identity after enduring years of sexual abuse and forced cross-dressing as a child, which his transition did not address.[9]
In September 2017, the Australian 60 Minutes television program featured a 12-year-old boy who had underwent hormone replacement therapy for two years before deciding to stop, though both he and his mother have stated that they did not regret the event.[10]
Clinician experiences
Three short-term studies from Europe, published in 2014 and 2017, found sex-reassignment surgery to improve the quality of life for most patients who undergo it, and those who do not see improvement tend to be a minority.[11][12][13]
In August 2017, the Philadelphia-based Mazzoni Center's Trans Health Conference, which is an annual meeting of transgender people, advocates, and health care providers, canceled a panel discussion on detransitioning. The conference organisers said, "When a topic becomes controversial, such as this one has turned on social media, there is a duty to make sure that the debate does not get out of control at the conference itself. After several days of considerations and reviewing feedback, the planning committee voted that the workshops, while valid, cannot be presented at the conference as planned".[14]
In September 2017, Bath Spa University refused permission for James Caspian, a counsellor who specialises in transgender therapy, to undertake research relating to people who had decided to reverse their gender reassignment operations. Caspian alleged that the reason for the refusal was that it was, "a potentially politically incorrect piece of research [which] carries a risk to the university".[15][16]
Urologist and gender-reassignment surgeon Miroslav Djordjevic reported in October 2017 an increase in demand for reversal surgeries, most commonly in those born male and who are over the age of 30. Djordjevic has reported patient expressing "crippling depression" and suicidality. He also has asserted the existence of a "taboo" in talking about issues relating to detransitioners' needs, for it being perceived as "politically incorrect".[17][18]
Public and professional opinions
Detransitioners, researchers, and medical providers advocate that there is a lack of legal, medical, and psychological assistance for those seeking detransition care and support,[19][3] often citing an atmosphere of censorship in academic and professional realms.[18][15][17][16]
See also
- Feminist views on transgender and transsexual people
- Gender fluidity
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of LGBT-related organizations
- Transitioning (transgender)
- Transgender health care
- Transgender publications
References
- ^ "Detransitioning: Going From Male To Female To Male Again". Vocativ. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ a b Hertzog, Katie (28 June 2017). "The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't". The Stranger. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b Graham, Julie. "Detransition, Retransition: What Providers Need to Know" (PDF). fenwayhealth.org. Fenway Health. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Danker, Sara, MD; Narayan, Sasha K., BA; Bluebond-Langner, Rachel, MD; Schechter, Loren S., MD, FACS; Berli, Jens U., MD (August 2018). "A Survey Study of Surgeons' Experience with Regret and/or Reversal of Gender-Confirmation Surgeries". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open. 6: 189 – via Wolters Kluwer.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McFadden, Joan (16 September 2017). "'Transition caused more problems than it solved'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Experience: I regret transitioning". The Guardian. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.[better source needed]
- ^ Fogarty, Taylor (11 October 2017). "What two former trans men want you to know about al -the lies". The Federalist. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Bowen, Innes (1 August 2007). "Are sex change operations justified?". BBC. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Heyer, Walt (1 April 2015). "I Was a Transgender Woman". Public Discourse. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Schipp, Debbie (8 September 2017). "Patrick's pain: 'I didn't know who the person staring back at me was'". News Ltd. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ van de Grift, Tim C.; Elaut, Els; Cerwenka, Susanne C.; Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T.; Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. (12 June 2017). "Surgical Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Their Association After Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Follow-up Study". Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 44 (2): 138–148. doi:10.1080/0092623X.2017.1326190. PMID 28471328.
- ^ Hess, Jochen; Neto, Roberto Rossi; Panic, Leo; Rübben, Herbert; Senf, Wolfgang (21 November 2014). "Satisfaction With Male-to-Female Gender Reassignment Surgery". Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online. 111 (47): 795–801. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2014.0795. PMC 4261554. PMID 25487762.
- ^ Papadopulos, Nikolaos A.; Lellé, Jean-Daniel; Zavlin, Dmitry; Herschbach, Peter; Henrich, Gerhard; Kovacs, Laszlo; Ehrenberger, Benjamin; Kluger, Anna-Katharina; Machens, Hans-Guenther; Schaff, Juergen (May 2017). "Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction Following Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery". The Journal of Sexual Medicine. 14 (5): 721–730. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.01.022. PMID 28366591.
- ^ "Response to the cancellation of workshops". Mazzoni Center. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Bath Spa University 'blocks transgender research'". BBC. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ a b Weale, Sally (26 September 2017). "University 'turned down politically incorrect transgender research'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ a b Borreli, Lizette (3 October 2017). "Transgender surgery: regret rates highest in male-to-female reassignment operations". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ a b Shute, Joe (2 October 2017). "The new taboo: More people regret sex change and want to 'detransition', surgeon says". National Post. Postmedia. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ Walt Heyer (16 November 2017). "While Three Transgenders Celebrate Election Victories, Detransitioners Tell A Different Story". The Federalist. Retrieved 8 December 2017.