This survey was created for anyone female/AFAB who formerly self-described as transgender. This includes women who transitioned, whether socially and/or medically, and subsequently detransitioned, as well as individuals who still identify as nonbinary or genderfluid, but have desisted from medical or social transition.
The survey ran from August 16 to August 30, 2016 and was shared through Tumblr, Facebook groups, and on the Wordpress blog 4thWaveNow. After removing several obviously fake responses and responses from individuals who had not stopped transition, the total response count was 203. Leaving aside all the other data this provides, the sheer number of responses is pretty amazing. Given that the survey was open for 2 weeks and was shared through a couple of Facebook groups, most of which were private, and Tumblr, I think we can safely say that detransitioners are not quite as rare as some would like to have us think. Other than that, there are a couple of points I’d like to elaborate on along with presenting the data.
Until gender specialists/researchers decide to actually study what’s happening with young detransitioned women, the incredible work Cari has done with this survey will have to **continue** to be done by unpaid bloggers. Ditto for reporting on the troubling aspects of pediatric transition: that work is also left to unpaid bloggers, given the refusal of mainstream media to raise any questions about the increasing number of children, teenagers, and young adults being swept up in the transition trend.