Part one: The forsaken ones
If you haven’t lost everything, there is the potential risk or constant threat of it. That’s why many detransitioners aren’t willing to go public. We have seen how you treat women going against the TRA cause. JK Rowling, anyone? We have seen how you destroy and try to humiliate any detrans woman who dares to speak up. So, we don’t speak up. We quietly contact women who have gone public in taking a stance against you and we try to seek comfort and support for our grief.
Yet if we stay silent, are we complicit in the further harm that comes to others who are similar to ourselves and pursue “gender affirming care”? I needed someone wiser, with experience and understanding of these complex issues to step up and speak out. To advocate and let me know, I wasn’t the only one struggling with these issues. I wasn’t alone nor was I special or different. I was just a woman struggling in a misogynistic society. I didn’t need to change. Beauty standards, sexist attitudes and behaviours did. I didn’t need to alter my body. I needed compassion and to see people held accountable when they violated others.
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