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Man who regrets transitioning to a woman at age 15 wants to raise awareness about the harm caused by the transgender movement
by Cassie B.

(Natural News) A 24-year-old who now describes himself as a “detrans male” recently shared his story of transitioning at age 15 and his regrets in hopes of raising awareness about the harm the transgender movement is causing to vulnerable young people.

The man, who goes only by the name “Tree” on Substack, explained how the trans community preyed on him when he was going through puberty. A self-described loner who didn’t have any friends, he spent a lot of time online at a time when the social justice/woke movement was starting to gain traction.

He had witnessed his mom being assaulted as a child, and the messages that masculinity is toxic and all men are evil oppressors inspired the impressionable young man. He began to view himself as a monster, saying he felt personally responsible, as a white man, for the oppression that women and people of color experience, despite being a sensitive 14-year-old who had never said an unkind word to anyone.

“I wasn’t mentally mature enough to think critically about these ideas, or to take them as anything but literal fact,” he wrote.

This mental immaturity is a theme throughout his story of his transitioning and ultimate regret. Thanks to brain development research, we now know that most people do not reach full maturity until around age 25, yet many people are being pushed into life-altering decisions before they even hit puberty.

The messages he describes as prevalent in the trans community are powerful: “Young boys will want to transition to escape the masculinity they’re being told is harmful and toxic; and while I can’t speak with authority on the subject, I imagine young girls will want to transition to escape the violence they’re being told is around every corner, in the eyes of every man who looks at them, and to access the power they’re being told they’re denied. These hyperbolic, oversimplified distortions of a complicated reality are neither healthy nor empowering, and hurt more than they help.

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https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-05-03-man-regrets-transitioning-raises-awareness.html

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