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third-person singular simple present detransitions, present participle detransitioning, simple past and past participle detransitioned
(intransitive, LGBT) To revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity. quotations 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.
2007, Helen Boyd, She's Not the Man I Married, page 303
I recently had an encounter in which I was asked if I was detransitioning simply because I was wearing a pair of jeans!
2014, Michelle Spicer, The Transgender Handbook
“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.”
2024 February 2, Pamela Paul, “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”, in The New York Times
plural detransitions
The act of one who detransitions. examples