Transgender advocates insist that detransitioning is rare, but it’s apparently becoming less rare.
“Detrans: The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care,” a newly released short documentary by PragerU, includes nearly a dozen young people who now regret their gender transitions and have reverted back to identifying as their biological sex.
“There are so many young people who are going through very similar things what I did and are still being told that transition will save them, and it’s just not true,” said Daisy Strongin, one of the featured detransitioners, who previously went by “Oliver.”
PragerU wants to make sure that message is heard. The conservative content-creator has spent $1 million on the marketing campaign, which includes a “timeline takeover” Thursday on X to promote what it called its “most important short documentary ever.”
“Every person who uses Twitter that day will see the #DETRANS promotion,” said PragerU in a press release.
PragerU praised X for agreeing to the takeover ad placement, saying that YouTube rejected the proposal “almost immediately upon submission,” although YouTube has allowed PragerU to run video ads on the trailer. Several film festivals have also taken a pass.
“There’s no telling how many kids could have been saved if Twitter and other social media platforms had not blocked these stories over the last few years,” said PragerU CEO Marissa Streit. “We hope to inform young Americans of the dangers of gender-affirming care through this eye-opening documentary and the testimonials of those who truly regret it.”
“Detrans” is available on the PragerU website, mobile app and SmartTV streaming app, which is on Roku, AppleTV and Amazon Fire.
Another detransitioner, Abel Garcia, said he was told he was transgender at his first visit to a therapist. After 11 months on hormones, a medical professional approved him for surgery after one meeting.
“A few weeks after that session, I get two letters from my insurance approving me for surgery,” he said. “I was a little surprised that I received my letter for bottom surgery, which was removal of my genitals, without even asking.”
The 21-minute documentary includes footage of other detransitioners such as Prisha Mosely, Chloe Cole and Leyla Jane, all of whom have sued their doctors for malpractice.
WATCH NOW! #DETRANS: The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care
— PragerU (@prageru) November 1, 2023
Young Americans were manipulated by the trans movement. Now, they are detransitioning and warning others about their experience.
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Stories of detransitioning are also spotlighted in an ongoing film series by the right-of-center Independent Women’s Forum titled “Identity Crisis: Stories the Transgender Movement Doesn’t Want You to Hear.”
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ group, said that “Detransition is rare, and is often the result of environmental factors rather than regret.”
“Generally speaking, medical research shows that most patients do not actually regret their decision to undergo gender-affirming surgery and that it is only one aspect of their transition,” said the HRC on its website.
A June study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior concluded that the “percentage of people who discontinue, detransition, and/or regret is not known, outside of some very narrowly defined study populations.”
The study was done by the Society of Evidence Based Medicine, which has been critical of medical interventions for young people diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
• Valerie Richardson can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.
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