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Top reason trans people 'detransition' is transphobia, survey finds (www.thepinknews.com)
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This is really not a new finding, but just consistent with what was already found by previous studies, but here we go:

The report found that 98 per cent of respondents that had socially and/or medically transitioned had significantly higher levels of happiness and satisfaction.

The researchers found reasons for detransition were due predominantly to transphobia and “challenges related to social acceptance”, such as not being accepted by friends or family for being trans.

“Social and structural explanations dominated the reasons why respondents reported going back to living in their sex assigned at birth at some point,” the report read.

“Only four per cent of people who went back to living in their sex assigned at birth for a while cited that their reason was because they realized that gender transition was not for them. When considering all respondents who had transitioned, this number equates to only 0.36 per cent.”

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[–] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

For the life of me, I cannot understand if transphobes are just not aware of how stupid their arguments are, or if they know perfectly well and the stupidity of the argument is some kind of show of power.

[–] Geodad@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago

They haven't evolved the ability to breathe through their noses and walk upright yet. I doubt it's a power play. They just don't have the mental processing power to grasp the concept of a trans person.