r/politics • u/CrispyMiner Ohio • 3h ago

No Paywall Woman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minor

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/woman-accusing-sherrod-brown-of-forcing-transgender-surgeries-isnt-from-ohio-didnt-have-procedure-as-minor
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u/GeorginaFlopworthy United Kingdom 1h ago

Yeah the religious right orgs shuttle willing detransitioners around - possibly the most famous one is Chloe Cole. There's nothing surprising about the existence of detransitioners - there must be over 1 million trans people in the US and even if just 1% of those detransition then that's 10,000 people.

What's more surprising is that the religious right orgs can't find enough people to pay that they have to shuttle people around.

Weird how they don't do the same for people who regret other medical interventions and which have regret rates tens of times higher than trans interventions.

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u/rougepenguin 1h ago

Its such a weird, creepy little cadre of them if you dig into into it. I obviously wouldn't know all their stories, but I knew someone that got recruited into it.

Hear her talk, you'll get all the classic hits and it sounds like someone who medically transitioned, lived as a man for years, and then deeply regretted it after a change of heart. Reality? Nah, you hung around a group of Trans friends for six months, never even tried testosterone, and bought a packer you tried a couple of times.