BBC News meets women reversing a gender transition and hears from experts concerned for this vulnerable group.
Many who transition to a gender different from the one they were assigned at birth will live happy lives. But BBC News has heard from others who, like Debbie, have reversed the process."And then there was the fact I was attracted to girls… and I just didn't know anybody who was lesbian."Thain started to transition in her 20s but decided to stop a couple of years later
Charlie Evans, 28, also struggled with her gender identity from a young age. At 15, she started to identify as a boy, shaving her head, binding her breasts and using male pronouns.She has since set up a support network for detransitioners and said she had been contacted by about 300 people, including some who had surgically transitioned. She admitted she could not verify all their stories.
Psychotherapist James Caspian has worked with transgender adults for more than a decade. More recently, he's been contacted by dozens of detransitioners. "Any reversal of that transition starts to make society question the whole transition process in the first place," he said."What's really important is to ensure that this experience [of detransitioning] isn't used to pressure other people," said Lui Asquith, from Mermaids.
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Gids, said its evidence suggested detransition was"very rare" and it was important not to equate all detransitions with regret.
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