Transitioning and Detransitioning: The Tragic Truth

American Thinker ^ | Susan Quinn | August 30, 2025

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Following the shooting incident by a trans man in a church in Minneapolis, many people are trying to ignore that the shooter was trans. But he wanted to make clear that those who read his manifesto would know that he regretted his decision to transition:

He wrote that he only kept his long hair because it would be an ‘embarrassing defeat’ to cut it, according to a translation by the New York Post. ‘I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,’ Westman said, according to the translation. ‘I can’t cut my hair now as it would be an embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported. It just always gets in my way. I will probably chop it on the day of the attack.’

(The word "translation" is used because much of the manifesto is encrypted in a homespun code of Russian Cyrillic script and English words.) 

His regret over his transition exposes the disturbing movement of young adults, who are already confused about their identify as teenagers and are looking for an acceptable solution; too many people -- parents, teachers, counselors, and even friends -- persuade them that they must be trans.

But there is a notable trend of people deciding that they made a mistake to transition and decide to pursue detransitioning. Here is a partial list that describes some of these realizations:

• Physical or mental health concerns of using hormones (possible side effects)
• A change in gender/sexual identity (shifting from binary trans man to butch lesbian or to nonbinary)
• A feeling of pressure to perform their new gender which feels uncomfortable
• A change in one’s perspective on gender identity (redefining or deconstructing gender...)

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