In 2021, researchers at Harvard Medical School studied thousands of people (17,151 to be exact) who had socially transitioned at some point in their lives. An overwhelming majority of people (86.9 percent) persisted in their gender identity—and what researchers discovered about the 13.1 percent who de-transitioned is even more illuminating. It’s not just that people do not de-transition often; it’s that when they do, it’s not because they’re not trans, it’s because of transphobia and related social/interpersonal pressure. And, most people who de-transitioned did not get surgery or take
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