For transgender people, healthcare providers and researchers, detransition is often a taboo topic. For those opposed to gender-affirming care, detransition is a scandal to be weaponized. And for those who detransition, it’s a lived experience — one that can lead to rejection, isolation and neglect.
It’s a phenomenon we desperately need to have an honest, nuanced conversation about for the sake of both trans and detrans people.
To find out more about detransition I took a deep dive into the limited research and spoke to Ky Schevers, a campaigner for the health liberation of transgender, detransitioned, retransitioned and gender-diverse people.