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So remember the whole ex-gay thing? Sure, in a heteronormative world, it& #39;s not easy to work out who you are, if who you are doesn& #39;t happen to be the exact same person that everyone assumes. But most people loudly talking about "ex-gay" people aren& #39;t thinking about that.
They& #39;re not saying "it& #39;s OK if you think you& #39;re one thing, but it turns out you& #39;re another". They& #39;re saying "gay people make me personally uncomfortable, but look, there& #39;s a solution: you can go back in the closet!"
Any "detransitioner" organisation you& #39;ve likely heard of is the transphobic equivalent of "ex-gay" homophobic organisations.
(I& #39;m *not* saying whether genuine organisations exist to help people detransition. I don& #39;t know either way, I& #39;m not up on that. I *am* saying that if there are, then they& #39;re *very* niche, and compassionate, so don& #39;t get articles written about them in tabloids.)
Sure, maybe one in a few hundred people say they& #39;re trans; and out of those people, maybe one in a few hundred are actually cis. (That& #39;s maybe one in tens of thousands. It& #39;s *very* rare. If someone tells you they& #39;re trans, there& #39;s a *far* more than 99% chance they& #39;re correct.)
I talked to someone online once who was apparently in that situation: they& #39;d transitioned, then detransitioned, and found the experience useful as part of their growth through life. Such people should be supported, of course.
But we& #39;re not talking about that. We& #39;re talking about straight, cis people who are uncomfortable that some other people aren& #39;t like them, and want to shove everyone else back in the closet.
So there& #39;s this thread where one such transphobic organisation got a lot of press, and now it& #39;s looking like a scam, as you might expect, and that& #39;s not getting any press: https://twitter.com/AidanCTweets/status/1260126476571217920">https://twitter.com/AidanCTwe...
