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Open Letter About Dr. Jack Turban
“We are deeply concerned with Dr Turban’s disparagement of
psychiatric intervention and exploratory psychotherapy, his singular endorsement of affirmative therapies for people with gender dysphoria, and his dismissive and derogatory treatment of those of us who detransitioned due to transition regret.”
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Detrans Voices is a project dedicated to providing support and information for people detransitioning and/or desisting from transgender self-identification.
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- Detrans Story: Tony“The doctors told me that you would be a boy. Imagine my surprise when you were born! We had already picked out boy clothes and a boy name for you and had to change everything last minute…” For my mom this was just a funny anecdote that she joked with …
- The Best Decision I Ever Made: Essay by CarolI’ve told my story of detransition many times over the last 2 years. For different platforms, to different people, in every version the pain I’ve gone through is clearly present. But I would like to do a little something different with this essay. At the risk of making my 19-year-old …
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- Detrans Story: Y.“There’s such a blame culture these days. You chose to take the hormones at an age people can decide to make children (16). Someone couldn’t baby you and sit with you for hours on end about your decision, you needed to do research. Yes it is horrible having made a …
- Detrans Story: SarahFor me it all started when I changed school. I always have been gender-non-conforming before. But happy and proud in being so. The new school didn’t think so. The other pupils thought of it as strange, that I, a girl, who walked around in boy’s clothes and short hair. Also …
- Interviews: Four Detransitioned Women Share Their Therapy ExperiencesI have always been a believer in the healing power of therapy. When I was beginning my transition journey, I found many therapists willing to help me on my road to self-realization through medical transition. I was affirmed at every turn and encouraged. It is a common enough story around …
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