Hundreds of Trans Youth want their Original Sex back

Over 100 transgender youths are seeking help to return their original sex says a Sky new report.

 

Charlie Evans, 28, was born female but identified as male for nearly 10 years before detransitioning.

 

The number of young people seeking gender transition is at an all-time high but hardly hear anything about regrets and hats why this story is important.

There is currently no data to reflect the number of those who may be unhappy in their new gender or who may opt to detransition to their biological sex.

 

Charlie detransitioned and went public with her story in 2018 – and said she was stunned by the number of people she discovered in a similar position.

 

“I’m in communication with 19 and 20-year-olds who have had full gender reassignment surgery who wish they hadn’t, and their dysphoria hasn’t been relieved, they don’t feel better for it,” she says.

 

“They don’t know what their options are now.”

 

“I think some of the common characteristics are that they tend to be around their mid-20s, they’re mostly female and mostly same-sex attracted, and often autistic as well.”

 

She recalls being approached by a young girl with beard who hugged her after giving a public talk, who explained she was a destransitioned woman too.

 

“She said she felt shunned by the LGBT community for being a traitor. So I felt I had to do something.”

 

Another lady, Ruby(not real name). now 21, first began identifying as male at 13. After taking testosterone her voice got a lot deeper, she grew facial hair and her body changed. She had been planning to have surgery to remove her breasts this summer. However, in May, Ruby voiced the growing doubts she had been harbouring and made the decision to come off testosterone and detransition to identify as female.

 

“I didn’t think any change was going to be enough in the end and I thought it was better to work on changing how I felt about myself, than changing my body,” says Ruby.

 

“I’ve seen similarities in the way I experience gender dysphoria, in the way I experience other body image issues.”

 

Ruby explains she has also had an eating disorder but she does not feel that issue was explored in the therapy sessions she had when she went to gender identity services.

 

“When I was at my gender clinic to get referred for hormones, we had a session where I went over my mental health issues and I told them about my eating disorder and they didn’t suggest that that could maybe connected with my gender dysphoria,” says Ruby.

 

“For everyone who has gender dysphoria, whether they are trans or not, I want there to be more options for us because I think there is a system of saying, ‘okay here’s your hormones, here’s your surgery, off you go’. I don’t think that’s helpful for anyone.”

 

Gender transition has positive outcomes for many people and even talking about detransition is viewed by some as transphobic.

 

But some believe further research and more discussion is needed in treating people with gender dysphoria, as well as more options for them than gender transition.

 

Charlie is now launching a charity called The Detransition Advocacy Network, with their first meeting set to be held in Manchester at the end of the month.

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