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In the last few years, we have heard more and more about \u201cdetransitions\u201d, \u201cdetransitioners\u201d or \u201cdesisters\u201d. But what do these words mean exactly? And what are we talking about when we talk about detransition?<\/p>\n

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What is Transition?<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0To define what a detransition is, we first must understand what a transition is.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, people feel disconnected to their sex\/gender assigned or observed at birth. Some of these individuals develop gender dysphoria or an incongruence between their gender identity and their sex characteristics or gender role in society.<\/p>\n

To address gender dysphoria, some people seek out healthcare services to facilitate a medical gender transition, from male to female, female to male, or female\/male to nonbinary. Some transgender or nonbinary people opt for non-medical, social transition only, such as changing their name, pronouns, and\/or gendered clothing. Others may wish to physically transition in addition to social transition. For some people, gender-related medical interventions may involve medications, such as anti-androgens or agents to suppress puberty (often referred to as \u2018blockers\u2019). Additional medical interventions include hormonal treatments such as estrogen or testosterone to facilitate masculinization or feminization of the body. Some people also seek surgeries which can include top surgeries (i.e. double mastectomy, breast augmentation), bottom\/lower surgeries (i.e. phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, gonadectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy) or other surgeries like facial feminization, Adam\u2019s apple reduction, hair restoration surgery, etc. Some less invasive procedure can also be performed like laser hair removal or facial fillers.<\/p>\n

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What is Detransition?<\/h2>\n

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The term detransition is often used to describe the discontinuation or reversal of prior transition processes. A detransition can be medical, such as stopping or switching hormonal treatments, pursuing surgical reconstruction or surgeries to reverse as far as possible the effects of transition. It can be legal if the person chooses to change their sex\/gender markers back or change their name. And it can be social: changing the gender expression, changing the pronouns or name used, changing the label used to describe their gender identity, or identifying with their birth sex\/gender.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although detransition is sometimes thought of as a process consisting of returning to a pre-transition state (whether in terms of identity, gender expression or body), this is rarely the case, as it may be physically impossible to completely reverse the effects of gender-related medical interventions like vocal changes from testosterone. It is not possible to reverse, or return to a pre-transition state, following surgeries like double mastectomy or vaginoplasty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

People who detransition sometimes label themselves as \u201cdetrans\u201d. This term is rarely thought of as a gender identity but rather a process or life experience. Sometimes detrans is used alongside another personal descriptor, such as detrans lesbian, detrans male, or detrans nonbinary. Some individuals may use the term detransitioner. Some people who never physically transitioned but who transitioned socially may refer to themselves as desisters or detransitioners. What is important to keep in mind is that the choice of a label is individual. These terms should not be used to describe someone unless they would use it themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Depending on someone\u2019s needs and the steps undertaken during their transition, a detransition can take many forms. Here are a few different composite case examples that emerged from our research studies and our consultations with detrans folks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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