A Twitter thread:
🧵Getting told by therapists and the internet the lie that you are born in the wrong body when you are a child, surely does something to you. I was told this lie when I was only 9 years old, without my parents knowledge. 1/11
— G (@G_This_IsTheWay) November 29, 2022
Here's the rest of the thread, for easier reading:
I had to undress myself in front of a colleague of my therapist, with me being highly uncomfortable and my parents not being informed about it, all because I was a tomboy who struggled with the mean comments she often got for her masculine clothes and hobbies. 2/11
Telling children they are born in the wrong body is negligent! Ofc a 9 year old believes this and will think something is wrong with them. I, was a vulnerable child and was told the body I was born in was wrong and that a mistake was made creating me… 3/11
while also being made even more uncomfortable, by having to undress myself in front of a stranger even though they knew how hard that was for me. Brainwashing starts young. 4/11
This is unacceptable and that’s why it’s important parents know what their children get told by other adults. My mom saved me the first time from transitioning, but sadly the idea that I was born in the wrong body had already been implanted in my mind… 5/11
and when I outed myself again with 14, instead of blaming my therapist for making me hate my body even more , my parents were blamed for not allowing me to transition earlier and they were told that it’s a dead child or a trans child. 6/11
Despite all of this, and I know of other people with similar stories, us detransitioners often get blamed by TRAs that it’s our fault and they make fun of our traumatic experience. How could I have known better? 7/11
I was just a child that wanted to not be forced by my school to wear a dress. That wanted to be allowed to play pirate and cowboy in school without others telling her, she can’t because she’s a girl.I wanted to become a pilot but was told by a friend and her parents that… 8/11
girls can’t become pilots, because according to them they can’t think straight in serious situations. I wanted to wear boys clothes and have short hair and not get asked every hour if I’m a boy or a girl. 9/11
All the things added up and brought me to a therapist and that therapist didn’t question the reasons for my wish of wanting to be a boy. 10/11
And my mom was deemed the bad one and would have been called transphobic by TRAs for saying her daughter is just a tomboy. They didn’t stop until they were able to scare my mom into allowing me to medically transition. We trusted these „professionals“ and we suffer everyday 11/11
"It’s a dead child or a trans child." Jesus, these people....
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