To the anon who asked for references to providers, then said “please don’t post.” it’s not possible to answer your question privately if you ask as anon. Send a private message if you want a private answer. Thanks.
Also we don’t monitor this Tumblr account frequently anymore; better to ask questions via 4thwavenow.com site.
From Dr. Lisa Littman, researcher conducting this study:
This note is to ask for your help in reaching out to possible participants for a study regarding the experiences of people who have desisted or detransitioned. The purpose of this research is to explore: 1) which factors may or may not be related to the development of and desistance from transgender identification; 2) whether or not individuals experienced changes in their sexual orientation during and after transgender-identification; and 3) what kinds of counseling and informed consent were received by those who sought medical care to transition. Specifically, we are looking for participants living in the United States who are: 18-33 years of age, previously identified as transgender, but do not currently identify as transgender. An eligibility screening interview will be conducted by videoconference call. Eligible individuals who are willing to participate will complete an online survey administered through Qualtrics. The study is approved by the Brown University HRPP.
Please consider sharing the recruitment flyer on social media, with anyone you know who might be eligible, or with any community where there might be people who are eligible. If you have any questions about the study, please feel free to contact me at: Lisa_Littman@brown.edu
PLEASE SHARE.
If you have detransitioned or desisted, please consider participating in
this research project. Even if you’ve moved on from gender issues in
your own life, your participation will be vital to help others and
contribute to knowledge about this understudied and growing phenomenon.
We have been asked to share this video widely. In the words of this courageous former patient:
“I feel like there’s a lot of silencing in regards to these complications…maybe on the [trans] community side, they’re so protective of these surgeons….like these surgeons are gods….they’re helping us and we have to kind of take whatever we can get…
My entire goal with this is not to tell people whether they should or should not have phalloplasty. What I want is for people to have true, true–and I mean true informed consent…
There’s many other people w/ similar–worse–experiences w/these surgeries. I don’t want my story to be used asked anybody….but, hey, these are facts. And if anyone wants to come after me, go right ahead, because I have full documentation and I’m not afraid….
I’m going to post pictures in here. They’re not pretty pictures. I want to show the reality of it….I’m sharing my story so that if there are people who are really considering getting this surgery, to go into it with the mindset that anything can happen.“
Just leaving this here, in the (empty?) Belly of the Beast, as it were…
Whatever your views on trans issues, doesn’t the public deserve a vigorous discussion about the ethics of prescribing testosterone to nonbinary 13-year-olds? Many effects of T are irreversible. Simple question: Why must a person wait until 18 to get a tattoo (which is arguably more reversible than T), but–at least in the US–can receive a powerful controlled substance from gender doctors, as a “nonbinary” or “genderqueer” 13-year-old?
Many of these middle schoolers are no doubt Tumblrites. What do the Adults in the Room on Tumblr think?
Parents of trans kids, in one of the largest online forums (8000+ members), discuss the logistics of buying and using fake penises for their preschoolers.
Gallus Mag:
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I would like to thank everyone who supported GenderTrender, with your readership, contributions, re-posts, and your beautiful beautiful comments. You taught me so much. What an incredible honor. I’m especially sad for the elimination of certain contributor posts, especially “FTM Detransitioning Experience: Quitting T and Getting Back to Life As A Woman” which was always one of my top rated posts and a source of great comfort and information for women looking to get off testosterone, many of whom shared vital perspectives in the comments. Also some of the guest posts from women recovering from partnership with autogynephiles (“trans widows”) with extensive critical information in comments from other survivors.
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“ And as I’ve watched as glowing stories about transgender children have flooded every progressive news outlet over the last few years, every one of them appalls and saddens me. Because the underlying story that the public isn’t privy to is that many of these children would have grown up to be gay, but are instead undergoing a new form of conversion therapy. ..”
“Children will say they ‘are’ the opposite sex because that’s the only
language they have to express to adults that they want to do things the
opposite sex does.”
“It seemed that most of the students who were suddenly transitioning were biological females who were smart but socially awkward. They revealed their identities as trans men, usually through a haircut and new wardrobe, followed by a Facebook post alerting associates to a name and pronoun change. They would soon take to social media, student forums, and classroom discussions to rant about “cis privilege,” how oppressed they are because they get stared at by strangers, how they want to assault people who misgender them, and how in love with their “queer” identities they are.
A few weeks ago, a research paper was published suggesting that the recent increase in transgender identification among young people is the result of social contagion. This seems obvious to me. Yet officials at Brown University censored this paper.
I shouldn’t be surprised. This is a
topic that we can’t discuss on my college campus, either.There is no doubt in my mind that there is a social contagion among
college students. At my school, it is trendy to be transgender, and to
people who feel like they don’t fit in, particularly with other people
of their biological sex, choosing to transition to the opposite sex, and
become a member of the opposite sex, may certainly seem like a more
viable option than continuing to feel rejected while trying to fit in. “
