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The idea that repressors have the same life outcomes as non dysphoric cis people seems dubious.


For the third time, desisters are non-dysphoric cis people. They are not repressing a trans identity. If they still feel gender dysphoria living as their cis gender they have, by definition, not desisted.


I used to be one of these desisters who was bullied out of thinking about transitioning. I think I know enough about the topic.

You will say "but then you were not a desister" but I would be counted as one, just like the other kids in my position.


Unless you transitioned over 10 years after seeing your psychiatrist, you would be counted at the ~20% that persisted.


Desisting is no longer seeking medical or social transition. It says nothing about how you feel. You’re making that jump, but that’s not something you or anybody can know.




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