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From others on the journey
‘Gender-Affirming Care Is Dangerous. I Know Because I Helped Pioneer It.’
My country, and others, found there is no solid evidence supporting the medical transitioning of young people. Why aren’t American clinicians paying attention?
By Riittakerttu Kaltiala
Texas Detransitioner Sues Doctors for $1 Million Over Botched Surgery
Another detransitioner who attempted a gender transition at age 17 is suing the doctors who operated on her, accusing them of ignoring her plethora of mental health conditions and pushing her down a destructive path.
Former LGBT activist now helps parents DE-PROGRAM their kids
Jan. 13, 2023, Staff at Glenn Beck K. Yang, also known as ‘The Deprogrammer,’ tells Glenn that those best equipped to help others escape cults are the ones who lived inside them themselves. While in her early 20’s, K. Yang worked for an LGBT nonprofit center funded by...
Soren’s Story: How One Detransitioner Found Peace Outside of Medicalization
Soren began identifying as transgender at 11 years old. She started hormone replacement therapy at 17, and by 19, underwent surgery to remove her healthy breasts.
Now 21, Soren looks back on her medical transition with regret.
Damaged–the Transing of America’s Kids
Tells the story of the lives of transgender people who wish they could go back. An amazing documentary.
Increasing amount of adults who transitioned as teens choosing to detransition: study
Luka Hein and Laura Becker tells their stories of transition and detransition in this 2 minute video by Fox 32 in Chicago. Watch here: https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1159119
Prisha Mosley: “I Lost My Voice, I Lost My Chest, I Don’t Know If I’m Going To Be Able To Have Kids”
Read original story at RedVoiceMedia October 2022 Prisha Mosley is a 24-year-old woman out of Big Rapids, Michigan, who fell victim to being swept up into the radical transgender ideology when she was only 15 years old. Harboring a diagnosis of borderline personality...
These 3 Women Tried Transgenderism, and Then Stopped
This film tracks the stories of Helena Kerschner, Grace Lidinsky-Smith, and Cat Cattinson, three women who believed their mental and emotional trauma would be solved by transitioning to the opposite sex.
Chloe Cole Testimony
18-year-old Chloe Cole’s powerful testimony in front of California’s Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 1, 2022
The Testosterone Hangover
They felt like they’d been rushed through this heavily medicalized funnel when all they really needed was a little time to grow up.
“Detransition Diaries” Documentary Coming Fall 2022
The documentary features interviews of three young women who transitioned to the opposite sex, only to change course after realizing they had made a huge mistake.
Young British man who had gender reassignment surgery is suing NHS in historic legal action
‘The minute I woke up from surgery, I knew I had made the biggest mistake of my life.’
Libby Littlewood (Former Transgender) UK Tells Her Story
Growing up, Libby didn’t feel represented in society, and dealt with great insecurity over the idea of being a woman. Libby transitioned into ‘male’ by taking hormones and cross-dressing.
‘God, What Have I Done?’: Man Suing Health Care Provider Over Trans Surgery
A British man is planning to sue the United Kingdom’s National Health Service for granting him transgender, body-altering surgery without — in his view — considering his mental illness.
Ex-Trans Teen: ‘I Wasn’t Capable of Understanding’
“I really didn’t understand all the ramifications of any of the medical decisions I was making,” she said. “I wasn’t capable of understanding.”
Detransition Awareness Day
We are detransitioners, supporters, and concerned parents. We’re here to cheer for each other. Our unique health care needs are ignored by the same professionals that were eager to medicalize us. We are not going to hide in the shadows. We deserve ethical medical...
Parents speak out about the ‘rush’ to reassign the gender of their kids
New York PostBy Jane Ridley, June 30, 2021 Image: Dad Brenton Netz holds up a photograph of his son, Miles, who he claims is being fast-tracked into gender reassignment. Mike Roemer Single mom Bri was visiting the pediatrician’s office with her 15-year-old, a child...
How A 10-Year-Old Girl’s Mom Saved Her From Going Transgender
With permission, I share a mother’s terrifying experience. Her story illustrates how quickly and easily a ten-year-old girl can be groomed into a cross-sex identity. By Walt Heyer June 30, 2021 from The Federalist.com When I appeared on a Heritage Foundation panel...
Recherche de Témoignages
Chère communauté, un media féministe français (presse écrite) est à la recherche de témoignages de personnes ayant initié une détransition. Soit des personnes qui y pensent / aimeraient détransitionner, soit des personnes qui se sont déjà lancées. Les témoignages...
Detransitioners: Stories of Medical Abuse
by Erin Brewer Trans activists insist that using experimental medical treatments on children with gender dysphoria is appropriate, "life saving" and "medically necessary." It is not. It is medical abuse. The stories of detransitioners are heartbreaking. Many of them...
The Gender Agenda
Documentary by Family Watch International Features detransitioners who resolved their gender dysphoria and doctors who share the science and medical facts about the harm of transitioning children. Watch video at Family Watch International.
Transgender Clinics Are Ruining Young Lives
by Walt Heyer, January 2, 2020, Daily Signal Three teens who transitioned at age 18 or 19 and who regretted it soon after contacted me for help in going back. They are living proof of that cavalier attitude prevalent among gender clinics. Read their stories here.
‘Batwoman’ Actress Ruby Rose Is Happy She Didn’t Transition to a Man
by Walt Heyer, October 16, 2019, Daily Signal. Actress Ruby Rose experienced childhood trauma before she desired to transition to a boy. (Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic/Getty Images) “I’m a woman. I want to have babies one day, so I’m glad I didn’t make changes...
1 Year After Sex Change, This Teen Regrets His ‘Frankenstein Hack Job’
by Walt Heyer, November 17, 2019, Daily Signal. Nathaniel, not pictured above, received sex change surgery at age 18. Less than a year later, Nathaniel now says, “This whole thing was a bad idea. I am 19 years old, and I feel as though I have ruined my life.” Read...
What It’s Like to Lose Your Children to the ‘Transgender Cult,’ From a Mom Who Knows
"As soon as you say you're trans, you turn into a star. And kids are thirsty for that kind of affirmation," says Lynn Meagher. (Photo: Getty Images) Lynn Meagher has two adult children who identify as transgender. “A lot of these kids have concurrent mental health...
‘Hundreds’ of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex
By Sally Lockwood, October 5, 2019, SkyNews A woman who detransitioned in 2018 says there are many people who have had gender reassignment surgery who wish they hadn't. Hundreds of young transgender people are seeking help to return to their original sex, a woman who...
Ex-‘trans man’ wants the world to know that social media fuels kids’ decision to change sex
by Dorothy Cummings McLean, July 31, 2019, LifeSiteNews A young feminist, Dagny, in Vancouver, British Columbia, who identified in her teens as “non-binary” and as a “trans man” believes that social media is a driving force in convincing unhappy children that they...
27-year-old man regrets having surgery
I soon came to the realization that what I have is an open wound, not a vagina. I was blinded by the amount of harmful support that I got. In June 2019, I received this email from a 27-year-old man. He gave permission to share his story here so that it can help...
4 Trans People Beg For Help With Their Gender Identity Crises
By Walt Heyer at TheFederalist.com, July 8, 2019 These four accounts from trans people show that the transgender-affirming medical establishment is failing at their duty to help people who are hurting. Four troubling stories of reckless treatment, regret, and suicide...
Feminist, Pro-Gay Mother Of Trans Child Critiques Bans On ‘Conversion Therapy’
By Anonymous at TheFederalist.com, April 16, 2019 What the general public does not understand is that standard mental health therapy is now considered conversion therapy when practiced with gender-dysphoric youth. Read the article
Feminista, pro-gay, madre de niño trans critica las prohibiciones de “terapia de conversión”
Artículo Anónimo, en TheFederalist.com, 16 de abril de 2019 Lo que el público en general no entiende es que la terapia estándar de salud mental ahora se considera terapia de conversión cuando se practica con jóvenes con disforia de género. Leer el...
Detransitioned Man Answers Questions About Transgenderism
Is there a better treatment for gender confusion than hormones and surgeries? Walt Heyer sheds light.
Linda Seiler once had plans to have sex reassignment surgery, change her name to David, and live happily ever after.
Linda Seiler once had plans to have sex reassignment surgery, change her name to David, and live happily ever after. But God. Linda’s life and message are a testament to the power of Jesus to change everything. From my earliest memory I wanted to be a boy instead of a...
Linda Seiler, tuvo planes de someterse a una cirugía de reasignación de sexo, cambiar su nombre a David y vivir feliz para siempre.
Linda Seiler una vez tuvo planes de someterse a una cirugía de reasignación de sexo, cambiar su nombre a David y vivir feliz para siempre. Pero Dios, la vida y el mensaje de Linda son un testimonio del poder de Jesús para cambiarlo todo. Desde mi primer recuerdo,...
Teenage transitioner, Derrick, says, “I don’t have those feelings anymore”
Excerpt from Trans Life Survivors by Walt Heyer, pgs. 127-129 The tragedy of treating transient feelings with permanent solutions is counted in real people’s lives. No matter how strongly conflicted the child or teenager feels, he or she is still too immature to count...
Teenage Max: “I wish I had listened to you”
Excerpt from Trans Life Survivors by Walt Heyer, pgs. 109-111 Recently an email arrived in my inbox with the subject “I wish I had listened to you” that shows the human casualties from the “grand experiment” on children. Max [not his real name], now in his...
14 Years After Becoming Transgender, Teacher Says ‘It Was A Mistake’ | The Federalist
Fourteen years ago, school teacher Herb McCaffrey made the local news by deciding to live as a female with the name Kerri. After much soul-searching, however, this teacher says, “Since then I have come to the realization that I made a mistake. I am living my life as...
I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham. | The Daily Signal
Jamie Shupe retired from the Army with the rank of sergeant first class. He previously identified as transgender and was the first American to obtain nonbinary status under law. Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times,...
Moms of 5 Kids Who Think They’re Transgender Speak Out | The Daily Signal
Edited by Daniel Davis When a child says he is transgender, we are expected nowadays to accept and celebrate this announcement. But there are many parents who are not celebrating. They are suffering in silence. They know their children were not born in the wrong...
9 Transgender Patients Complain Of Mutilation, Botched Sex-Change Surgeries In Oregon | The Federalist.com
by Walt Heyer 'The doctor basically used a bunch of trans people to experiment on and gain experience without being properly trained.' Ashe underwent a gender-change surgery in 2016 at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Hospital in Portland, to change his...
14 Years After Becoming Transgender, Teacher Says ‘It Was A Mistake’ | The Federalist.com
by Walt Heyer After much soul-searching, this teacher says, ‘I have come to the realization that I made a mistake. I am living my life as honestly as I can.’ At age 41, Herb underwent gender reassignment surgery in Canada, and became the first openly transgender...
She lived as ‘Jake’ for nearly 10 years before realizing it was all a lie | WP
There was no way she was ever going to go back to being a female. She hated the thought of being a woman. Being a man was exactly who she was supposed to be. Or so she thought. Laura Perry was deep in the transgender lifestyle. She was taking hormones, legally changed...
‘I Wanted to Take My Body Off’: Detransitioned | The Atlantic
In October 2012, Carey Callahan began a course of bimonthly intramuscular testosterone injections. After years of harassment and discomfort in her female body, she had made the decision to transition to being male. In the short term, she was happy. But she soon...
The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren’t | The Stranger
by Katie Herzog Jackie came out to friends and family first and then posted a note on Facebook. She was adopting new pronouns, the note said, and she would like her community to respect that. It looked, at first, like a typical coming out circa 2017, one of many...
In Their Own Words: Parents of Kids Who Think They Are Trans Speak Out | The Public Discourse
by Five Anonymous Moms. Parents like us must remain anonymous to maintain our children’s privacy, and because we face legal repercussions if our names are revealed. Parents who do not support their child’s gender identity risk being reported to Child Protective...
The Many Harms of Gender Identity Laws: A Mother of a Trans-Identifying Teen Speaks Out | The Public Discourse
All people should be protected from harassment and harm, no matter how they identify. But we as a society must be allowed to reasonably act on the basis of sex when medical treatment, privacy, and safety are at stake. If “gender identity” becomes a protected class,...
Victory in Jesus
This is from someone who has found victory in the Lord and is willing to share his story: I had irreversible gender reassignment surgery in 1997 absolutely convinced I was a woman in a man's body. I anticipated living happily ever after, however I had persistent...
PTSD from “transition”
Printed with permission from the author. Name withheld by request. ...honestly I wanted the answer to be so simple and wanted to believe them that soon I would be my true self and my problems would go away. I had lived in so much pain for so long that I was...
3 Weeks Post-Op
From M- I recently had the sex change surgery, and although I thought I was completely sure of what I was doing, I began to regret the decision a mere three weeks after the operation. Some might say I was experiencing post-op depression, but it was definitely...
TranZformed: Finding Peace with Your God-Given Gender
TranZformed: Finding Peace with Your God-Given Gender (Website) This film compellingly features 15 people who detransitioned and now tell their stories. A great film for understanding the many facets of the transgenderism issue. Now free to view at...
Rupert Everett warns against hormone therapy for children who question gender
The actor Rupert Everett has expressed concerns about parents who seek medical treatment for children who question their gender. The 57-year-old, who is gay, revealed he wanted to be a girl as he grew up and dressed exclusively as one when he was a child. Everett,...
I had it all…
I had it all: A loyal, bright and loving wife. A devoted son who is a published and tenured major university professor. Two adorable twin grand-daughters. A successful career as a senior-level marketing consultant earning six figures annually with stock options and a company paid BMW. Self respect earned by serving as a church elder and board member on non-profit boards. Then—in just one year—I lost everything after undergoing a series of irreversible gender reassignment surgeries. So how did I get to where I am today?
After 17 years as a woman, this man has had enough
Jeremy Bate was born male, but then transitioned in his mid-30s. Now, 17 years later, he's had enough and has become a man again. From WA Today, By Nathan Hondros December 11, 2018 For the past 17 years, Jeremy Bate has lived as a woman. But now, after hormone therapy...
Hormones, surgery, regret: I was a transgender woman for 8 years — time I can’t get back | USA Today
At first I was giddy for the fresh start. But hormones and sex change genital surgery couldn't solve the underlying issues driving my gender dysphoria. Published at USATodayWalt Heyer, Opinion contributor, Published 4:00 a.m. ET Feb. 11, 2019 | Updated 9:05 a.m. ET...
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