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Transgender Regret Is So Prevalent That Even the Mainstream Media Is Recognizing It Now
Red State ^ | 05/24,2021 | Brandon Morse

Posted on 05/24/2021 10:01:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

One thing that has always haunted the transgender trend is the regret that many feel after they’ve had transitional surgeries or hormone treatments done to them. Mainstream media sources were more or less terrified of discussing it, and even universities were afraid of looking into it out of fear of backlash from the LGBT community.

All the way back in 2018, I wrote how Bath Spa University originally approved psychotherapist James Caspian’s request for de-transitioning research after thousands who underwent some form of transition surgery began showing up to surgeons for reversals. Surgeons noticed that those who came in to receive their de-transition surgeries were younger and younger, going from 45 to 21 years of age.

The problem has gotten large enough that there was a “#DeTransAwarenessDay” on Twitter that featured stories of regret and warning from those who went through irreversible surgeries and are plagued by decisions they can’t take back.

While the LGBT activist community wasn’t allowing for this talk to even happen, the problem has now grown so large that it’s become unignorable. In fact, it’s become so loud that even 60 Minutes ran a segment on it.

Within the segment, you’re given an interesting look into how quickly transition surgeries happen. Reports that people feeling a sense of gender dysphoria, stemming from depression, aren’t really looked into by doctors or therapists. They’re simply asked to sign a consent form, and then treatment begins.

A woman named Grace Ledinsky-Smith tells this very story and notes it was only four months into her testosterone treatment that she was approved for a mastectomy. She claims the process was traumatic and soon after began de-transitioning. All of this happened over the course of one year.

An individual named “Garrett” had a similar story to tell with his resulting in the removal of his testicles after only three months on therapy.

“I went for two appointments and after the second one I had, like, my letter to go get on cross-sex hormones,” he said.

“I had never really been suicidal before until I had my breast augmentation,” Garrett added. “And about a week afterwards I wanted to, like, actually kill myself. Like, I had a plan and I was gonna do it, but I just kept thinking about, like, my family to stop myself. It kind of felt like how am I ever going to feel normal again, like other guys now?”

Now, Doctors are beginning to speak out like Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, who exposes the fact that the medical community is afraid to speak out on the topic.

“I feel like what is happening is unethical and irresponsible in some places,” said Edwards-Leeper. “Everyone is very scared to speak up because we’re afraid of not being seen as being affirming or being supportive of these young people or doing something to hurt the trans community. But even some of the providers are trans themselves and share these concerns.”

60 Minutes highlights transgender people who have decided to de-transition and I’m sure it won’t be seen as controversial in the least. pic.twitter.com/vetbQFe3Oo

— (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) May 24, 2021

This matches up with other stories that have come out recently. One Planned Parenthood insider revealed that the abortion giant has begun shifting toward transition therapy and that they’re pushing it on teen girls. As I wrote in February, teen girls would come into the clinic for hormone surgery in the same way they’d go to the mall to get an ear piercing. Hardly any questions were asked, and those that were were somewhat leading:

The “health assistant” told Shrier that each day, teen girls would come to the clinic, sometimes with a parent or with groups of girlfriends all claiming that they have the trendy new mental illness of “gender dysphoria.”

“I think they were telling what they perceived to be their authentic history to them at the time. Like, I was a 13-year-old girl, you know. Everything is very dire, everything needs to be remedied immediately,” she said.

The woman was presented with a script to read to the kids, but it didn’t put too much emphasis on the patient’s history of evaluation.

“The questions that we asked were like, very closed-ended…It would be, ‘you know, at what age did this start’? Boom — that is it. ‘What kinds of dysphoria do you feel’? Boom — that’s it, you know? ‘What do you want out of your transition’? ‘Do you want top surgery?’ ‘Do you want bottom surgery’?”

Often the pattern held that these girls who came in for transition drugs were all suffering from some form of high anxiety or depression. Some came in with self-abuse scars on their arms, but Planned Parenthood staff were instructed not to address them at all.

This means that places like Planned Parenthood, and likely activists in the medical and psychological fields, are preying on depressed or anxiety-ridden people in order to push these therapies and surgeries on them, likely for profit.

Regardless, the reality is catching up with many who transitioned and the transgender fad is proving to be far more dangerous than too many in the medical industry are willing to say. The time is coming, however, and stories are rising to the forefront of society. The dangers of transitioning are becoming hard to ignore as more stories come out. The question is, will mainstream society drop the fad and embrace reality?

(Editor’s Note: This piece was edited post-publication to correctly reflect the name of the woman interviewed in the “60 Minutes” piece.)



TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; detransition; dysphoria; genderdysphoria; regret; regreters; regretters; trans; transgender
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To: SeekAndFind

Duuuhhhhh. . . “You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave. . . .


21 posted on 05/24/2021 10:28:25 AM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thdieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: SeekAndFind
What the Obamas did to push transgender ism onto a whole generation of confused and troubled people, especially vulnerable children and teens is despicable and evil.

They made it cool and trendy and generated peer pressure to encourage at risk people to undergo dangerous and potentially irreversible gender reassignment treatments , including surgical one.

Lives will be ruined forever and many will or already have committed suicide.

22 posted on 05/24/2021 10:29:38 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: a fool in paradise

Some procedures are not reversible, the magical thinking of the transgender advocates notwithstanding. Oh, there may be some cosmetic changes, but the basic structure with virtually every cell of a person’s body is locked in, immutable for the person’s lifetime. Mutilations may be possible, as a complete mastectomy, or a total castration, in which the distinguishing physical characteristics are obliterated, and hormone treatment may change some of the secondary characteristics, but the cell structure NEVER changes. XX remains XX, and XY remains XY.

Transgender is a great way to avoid the further responsibilities of reproduction, as once the transformation is carried out on the physical characteristics, the individual is essentially neutered. Even the sex drive gets pretty well muted. Just too painful and clumsy with the ersatz body parts, which are largely non-functional.


23 posted on 05/24/2021 10:31:53 AM PDT by alloysteel ( Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Reversal? Returnmydictomy?


24 posted on 05/24/2021 10:35:31 AM PDT by katana
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m still waiting for a good explanation as to why states like Commiefornia ban therapy for those who want to “transition” from homosexual to normal, but have no problem with mutilating children who think they are really the opposite sex.


25 posted on 05/24/2021 10:39:48 AM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: hanamizu
I have an anecdotal sample of exactly one.

My count is two. The first (early 1990s) decided he would be better off as a woman. Had the hormones and surgery. Committed suicide within a year.

The second one (early 2000s) followed the same path but, last I heard, was at least outwardly content.

26 posted on 05/24/2021 10:40:01 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: SeekAndFind

and just think, judges are forcing one spouse, usually the dad, to go along with this insanity, even in young children.


27 posted on 05/24/2021 10:41:09 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: SeekAndFind
guess they're finally figuring this out after it's already too late:


28 posted on 05/24/2021 10:41:48 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Males will always be males. Females will always be females. God makes the decision. Always has been, always will be.

Glad to see some public recognition of God’s intelligence.

I take pity on those who have done irreparable damage to their bodies and now realize the error of their ways.

Attempting sexual change is folly at best.


29 posted on 05/24/2021 10:42:12 AM PDT by upchuck (Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Top” and “bottom” surgery? One sign that it might not be a good idea is not being able to name what it is you want to cut off. Language control isn’t going to get you out of this one, and no, you can’t have your genitals back.


30 posted on 05/24/2021 10:42:21 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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LGBT is Marxist opportunism


31 posted on 05/24/2021 10:43:00 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

A kid says “Mommy, I want to be a girl. The teacher always gives good marks to the girls.” and the kid is whisked off to a shrink who tells the kid that he’s got to get rid of his weewee and become a girl. Then it’s gone, and the parents couldn’t stop it or were thrown in jail.
This is child abuse, and the shrinks, counselors and surgeons all need to be in jail.


32 posted on 05/24/2021 10:43:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Non-binary transnormativity is a construct of intersectionality. Leftist gobbledegook stinks.)
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To: GOPJ
What’s the suicide rate for transgenders?

Pretty high. But that's because others are not accepting of them. It is always the fault of others (mainly white males).

33 posted on 05/24/2021 10:45:30 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: GOPJ

“ What’s the suicide rate for transgenders?”

I believe it is 40%.


34 posted on 05/24/2021 10:48:11 AM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Reports that people feeling a sense of gender dysphoria, stemming from depression, aren’t really looked into by doctors or therapists."

Hopkins started to do transition surgery in the 50's and stopped a few years later because the suicide rate was so high!

These docs and therapist didn't look into this either???

35 posted on 05/24/2021 10:52:01 AM PDT by lizma2
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To: SeekAndFind

It is a mental illness that should never have been indulged with surgery and hormones.


36 posted on 05/24/2021 10:53:31 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Qiviut

Thank you for posting this. Dr. McHugh at Johns Hopkins has been speaking about this and Johns Hopkins approach to the “condition” which may only exist in truth in very few patients— but which is a psychiatric disorder which is NOT cured by physical surgery. They’ve known this for more than 40 years, but the ostracized the Emeritus MD/Phd.— for idiotic “i wannas” in the world who are, frankly out of their minds.


37 posted on 05/24/2021 11:00:16 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If the truth be known the same thing could be said about most women who undergo an abortion. Depressed,regretful,unhappy especially if it was not medically necessary.


38 posted on 05/24/2021 11:23:18 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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To: SeekAndFind

Joe Biden wants everyone to turn into a TRANS person. This is paramount for him and his legacy.


39 posted on 05/24/2021 11:23:59 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: SeekAndFind

Several studies of gender dysphoria include the observation that the patients have serious mental comorbidities in 62% of cases.


40 posted on 05/24/2021 11:40:58 AM PDT by Chaguito
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