Meaning of detransition | Babel Free

Definitions

To revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity.

intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“People detransition because they may find⟳ it difficult to get⟳ jobs, or because of social ostracism, not passing in their target⟳ gender, family responsibilities, and so on.”

“I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!”

““I wish⟳ there had been more open⟳ conversations,” Powell, now 23 and detransitioned, told me. “But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem, and this will help⟳ you.” […] As one detransitioned man, now in a gay relationship, put⟳ it, “I was a gay man pumped up to look⟳ like⟳ a woman and dated a lesbian who was pumped up to look⟳ like⟳ a man.”

“Thus, “[t]he number⟳ of people who detransition or discontinue gender treatments is not precisely known.””

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