should i get off hormones?
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Top Picks
Some great starter questions to ask detrans people...
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What's an egg?
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Is gender a social construct?
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I didn't choose to be trans!
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What is a belief system?
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What is an identity trap?
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How do you get out of an identity trap?
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What is the difference between sex and gender?
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How is cancel culture harmful?
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What are trans rights?
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Does transition ever end?
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Why do some women hate their breasts?
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How do online echo chambers cause psychosis?
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Why do detrans voices get silenced?
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Is gender ideology at odds with the goals of feminism?
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What are the main reasons that women adpot trans identity?
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What are the main reasons that men adopt trans identity?
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How do non-binary identities re-inforce sexist stereotypes and roles?
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Why do people identify vaguely as queer now?
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How does LGB differ from the T?
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Is there a link between autism and transgender identity?
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Is gender-affirming care based on science?
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Why is gender-affirming care currently considered the only solution to dysphoria?
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Is academic research on trans and gender topics biased?
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Is teaching gender ideology to kids progressive?
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Is gender ideology fuelling a culture war?
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Is the culture war preventing humanity from solving real problems?
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Why do some refer to gender ideology as a mind virus?
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Why are the rates of people who identify as trans increasing?
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Is the trans suicide rate possibly mis-represented?
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Why do some trans people say 'death before detransition'?
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Why is gender dysphoria no longer treated as a mental health issue?
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Why are there so many ladyboys in Thailand?
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Why is Iran a global hub for transgender surgeries?
General Terms
Understanding the fundamental concepts
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What is a man?
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What is a woman?
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What is gender?
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What's an egg?
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What are pronouns?
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What is cancel culture?
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What is dysphoria?
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What causes dysphoria?
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What is the gender dysphoria bible?
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How can I overcome dysphoria?
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What is transgender identity?
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What is transphobia?
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What is non-binary identity?
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What is queer identity?
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What is personality?
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What is gender non-conformity (GNC)?
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What is detransitioning?
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What is desisting?
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Are intersex people trans?
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What is gender fluidity?
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What does AFAB/AMAB mean?
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What is a TERF?
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What is deadnaming?
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What is misgendering?
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What is a cisgender person?
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What is biological sex?
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What is social transition vs medical transition?
The Medical Reality
Health, procedures, and biological truths
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Can humans change sex?
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What are the health risks of hormones?
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Should I get off hormones?
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What is vaginoplasty?
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What is phalloplasty?
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Can I undo phalloplasty?
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Can I undo vaginoplasty?
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I had a double masectomy, should I get breast implants?
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Should I get facial reconstruction surgery?
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Why are hormones often prescribed before a single therapy session?
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What is the science behind gender affirming care?
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Does unrestricted access to hormones and surgeries provide good outcomes?
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What are puberty blockers and are they reversible?
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What happened to the light in my eyes?
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What are the long-term effects of cross-sex hormones?
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What are the WPATH Standards of Care?
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Are the WPATH Standards of Care based on science?
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What is the Dutch Protocol?
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What is rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD)?
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What are the regret rates for gender surgeries?
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What is gender exploratory therapy?
Society & Culture
How gender beleif systems affects us all
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What are the transition rates for men vs women?
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Why is the trans suicide rate so high?
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Is being trans a mental illness?
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Is the trans suicide rate mis-represented?
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What does it mean to be gender critical?
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Do suicides based on regret get blamed on social acceptance?
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How does the trans community use mantras?
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Does the trans community encourage suicide?
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Does society believe that gender is a social construct?
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Does gender ideology affect society?
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What's the difference between being a tomboy and transgender?
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Are there male brains and female brains?
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Where did the term gender come from?
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Why are autistic people overrepresented in the trans community?
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How is gender ideology at odds with homosexual identities?
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How is gender ideology at odds with heterosexual identities?
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Did gender activists hijack the gay rights movement?
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How is gender ideology at odds with the goals of feminism?
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Is it beneficial to teach the idea that you can change sex to children?
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Do children ever grow up to regret transitioning at such a young age?
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What are the effects the transgender movement has on our wider society?
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Is gender ideology fuelling a culture war?
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Does transgender ideology contradict itself?
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Why are so many people identifying as trans or non-binary now? Is it a trend?
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Is it common for friends of trans people to become trans too?
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What is the bathroom debate about?
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What are trans rights vs women's rights conflicts?
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What is the sports participation controversy?
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What is the medicalization of gender non-conforming children?
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What is the history of trans activism?
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What are drag queen story hours?
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What is the difference between gender and sex?
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Why are there so many ladyboys in Thailand?
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Why is Iran a global hub for transgender surgeries?
Psychology & Identity
Understanding the mental and emotional aspects
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What is internalised misogyny?
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What is internalised misandry?
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What is internalised homophobia?
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What is autogynephilia?
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What is gender euphoria?
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What is a belief system?
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What is an identity trap?
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Does transition ever end?
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What is body dysmorphia vs gender dysphoria?
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What is the role of social media in trans identification?
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What is the impact of pornography on gender identity?
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What is the impact of trauma on gender identity?
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Are trans people living authentically?
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Can you be a woman if you're not 'feminine'?
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Can you be a man if you're not 'masculine'?
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Why do some women hate their breasts?
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What is the neurochemical cycle of validation?
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What causes some gender non-conforming people to adopt trans identity?
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Do some homosexual people transition to get access to heterosexual people?
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How do I know if I have internalised a victim mentality?
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Why do some people think that trans identity is a choice?
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What are a persons options with how they deal with dysphoria?
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What are the stages that lead to an obsession with 'passing'?
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What are the Jungian perspectives on transgender identity?
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What role do the anima and animus play in transgender identity?
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What unconcious shadows are playing out in people who transition?
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What is shadow work?
The Detransition Journey
Healing, support, and finding your way back
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Am I a failure if I detransition?
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How can I help someone who believes they were born in the wrong body?
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I want to detransition, where do I start?
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How did I fall into an identity trap in the first place?
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How can I get out of an identity trap?
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What is gender exploratory therapy?
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What is CBT therapy?
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What is DBT therapy?
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How can I make peace with the changes I have made to my body?
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How can I learn to love myself and my unique personality, and find my inner peace?
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Why do trans people encourage other trans people not to read detransition stories?
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Why do detrans people get silenced from trans communities and wider society?
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Why do trans people tell detransitioners that they have internalised transphobia?
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How can I help others question the validity of their transgender identity?
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I think my friends will 'cancel' me for detransitioning!
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How do I find a therapist who supports detransition?
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How can I find a gender exploratory therapist?
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How do I tell my family I'm detransitioning?
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What support groups exist for detransitioners?
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How do I deal with shame about detransitioning?
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How do I rebuild my life after detransition?
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What are the stages of grief in detransition?
Academic & Research Bias
Questioning the narrative in institutions
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Is academic research on trans and gender topics biased?
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Why is it so hard to find a gender critical therapist?
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Why was gender dysphoria removed from list of mental health disorders?
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What is the Cass Review?
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What happened to Lisa Littman's research?
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Why are detransition studies so controversial?
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What is the Tavistock scandal?
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Why are researchers afraid to study detransition?
The Controversial Truth
Detrans perspectives that gender activists really don't want you to hear
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Why do some people call the trans movement a cult?
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Why do some people call the trans movement a mind virus?
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Are gender beliefs similar to religious beliefs?
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What is the connection between trans activism and pharmaceutical companies?
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Is there a financial incentive to promote transition?
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Why are detransitioners silenced in mainstream media?
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What is the role of schools in promoting gender ideology?
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Are parents being replaced by the state when it comes to gender decisions?