Retransition

The content of the development is harder to define; it may include new material, but typically involves development of motives and themes from the exposition leading to a retransition.

With apologies to my friends who have detransitioned or retransitioned if I get this wrong, this is what I've learned.

One reason for encouraging detransitioners to go through counselling and avoid rushing into further surgery is that many go on to retransition again in the future.

She also observes that within the number of those who detransition, a significant proportion do so due to how intense their experiences of rejection and transphobia are – and so then actually retransition further on in life.

Included in this group were 4 individuals (1.3% of the total sample) who retransitioned twice (to nonbinary then back to binary transgender). Some youth (3.5%) were currently living as nonbinary, including one who had retransitioned first to cisgender then to nonbinary. Finally, 2.5% were using pronouns associated with their sex at birth and could be categorized as cisgender at the time of data collection, including one who first retransitioned to live as nonbinary.

Finally, some who embrace the psychological paradigm critique transition-affirmative approaches by pointing to studies showing that a statistically significant number of people who have undergone transition – one 2009 study suggests up to 8 percent – have later expressed regrets, with some even deciding to retransition back to their birth sex.

If a socially transitioned child desists and later comes to identify with their birth-assigned gender, the child must then retransition to that gender, which could be difficult and pose risks for the child at that older age.

In some cases, individuals may “detransition” (or retransition) to their assigned/biological gender, further complicating identity and family relationships.