2 definitions by simoncow
A subreddit for detransitioners (people who have undergone medical gender transition and then opted to stop transitioning and/or reverse some of their transition-related procedures), desisters (people who socially transitioned but never medically transitioned and then went back to identifying as their assigned-at-birth gender), and people with related struggles (such as nonbinary people who previously identified as binary trans and wish to reverse certain procedures.) The subreddit contains a mix of people with varying detrans/desistence experiences, but according to polls, the majority of users are detrans women who formerly identified as FTMs.
Person 1: I heard they're trying to get r/detrans banned again.
Person 2: That's depressing, but not surprising. I guess people who go through the agony of medically transitioning and finding out it wasn't the right thing for them don't get to have supportive spaces online.
Person 1: The funny part is all of the trans people I know IRL are totally supportive of my detransition.
Person 2: Yeah, all of the trans people I know from the real world have been cool about my detransition too. I think this is just what happens when people are chronically online. Minorities attack other minorities.
Person 1: God, I wish the world had ended in 2012.
Person 2: That's depressing, but not surprising. I guess people who go through the agony of medically transitioning and finding out it wasn't the right thing for them don't get to have supportive spaces online.
Person 1: The funny part is all of the trans people I know IRL are totally supportive of my detransition.
Person 2: Yeah, all of the trans people I know from the real world have been cool about my detransition too. I think this is just what happens when people are chronically online. Minorities attack other minorities.
Person 1: God, I wish the world had ended in 2012.
by simoncow January 5, 2022
Someone who previously underwent a gender transition, later detransitioned, and then transitioned again.
Detrans Friend: Hey, I thought you detransitioned, but I noticed you started going by a male name again.
Retrans Friend: Oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to mention it. Transitioning is the right thing for me right now, so I'm retransitioning. I'm glad I went through the experience of detransitioning though. It really clarified my understanding of my gender identity.
Detrans Friend: I'm happy for you! I know who to talk to if I ever decide to retransition in the future.
Trans Friend: Doing the paperwork for one name and gender change and going through one medical transition was hard. I don't know how y'all do it.
Retrans Friend: I'm never gonna financially recover from this.
Retrans Friend: Oh, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to mention it. Transitioning is the right thing for me right now, so I'm retransitioning. I'm glad I went through the experience of detransitioning though. It really clarified my understanding of my gender identity.
Detrans Friend: I'm happy for you! I know who to talk to if I ever decide to retransition in the future.
Trans Friend: Doing the paperwork for one name and gender change and going through one medical transition was hard. I don't know how y'all do it.
Retrans Friend: I'm never gonna financially recover from this.
by simoncow January 6, 2022