Gender Transition and Its Discontents

[Natasha]

Gender Transition and Its Discontents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/gender-transition-and-its-discontents_b_3727288.html
8/8/13
Dana Beyer

Over the years there have been salacious media reports about transgender women who choose to revert back to living as men, what we call detransition. Detransitioning happens very infrequently, but when it happens to someone who is or has become a public figure, such as Don Ennis most recently, the story takes on a scandalous air. Misinformation gets bandied about, both by the person involved and the media reporting on the reversion in gender assignment. When that happens, all of us suffer, but the trans community suffers the most. These stories trivialize our lives and the efforts we make to live them fully and authentically.