I think that there is an organized campaign on tumblr of fake “detransitioner” accounts - eviltoast

I have noticed that there are a ridiculous amount of accounts on Tumblr in radical feminist spaces that claim to be young detransitioners.

At first, I believed the accounts I saw. But as I observed more and more, I noticed a lot of strange and implausible stories. I know some trans people start E or T in their late teens, and surgery is possible, but the quantity of accounts claiming to have had top surgery at 16 or having had a friend have top surgery before 18 does not match with the numbers.

I’ve also noticed a sick eagerness to lie, and also to make fake accounts to send themselves disgusting things to react to.

I’m really concerned about this. There’s this strange ecosystem where teenage girls are interacting with bad actors, and I don’t think this radicalization pipeline is quite studied in the same way Gamergate was. The Rowling stuff is part of it, but it’s a lot more complicated. People need to start deradicalizing Gen Z/Alpha girls and women.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    To be fair, there are people who detransition, most of them only because they don’t have enough support in their lives to transition

    detranstioning does happen when it’s not about support, though it’s pretty rare and not at all like those people say it is.
    Knew a trans guy (pre HRT) that decided that enby fit them better. Now they dress up as princesses for children’s birthdays on the side, iirc they are majoring in marine biology but I haven’t talked to them in years so not 100% sure.

    • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      31·
      4 months ago

      yes, it does happen - but it’s a minority within a minority. Detransitioners are already like 1% of people who transition (which are already only like 1% of the general population), and those who detransition because they weren’t trans are a minority of that 1% of a 1%.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      4 months ago

      Yeah that’s the other major group. The narrative that the right likes is the rare situation of “person identifies as trans for a long enough time to have hrt/surgery and later realizes they’re cis”.