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Ritchie Herron 🌷

2 years

I want to tell everyone what they took from us, what irreversible really means, and what that reality looks like for us. No one told me any of what I’m going to tell you now. 🧵

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

This isn't even the half of it. And this isn't regret either, this is grief and anger. Fuck everyone who let this happen.

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@TullipR

2 years

Now i get to the point where im detransitioned and the realisation that this is permanent is catching up with me. During transition, I was obsessive and deeply unwell, I cannot believe they were allowed to do this to me, even after all the red flags.

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2 years

No one told me that the base area of your penis is left, it can't be removed - meaning you're left with a literal stump inside that twitches. When you take Testosterone and your libido returns, you wake up with morning wood, without the tree. I wish this was a joke

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@TullipR

2 years

I have no sensation in my crotch region at all. You could stab me with a knife and I wouldn't know. The entire area is numb, like it's shell shocked and unable to comprehend what happened, even 4 years on.

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@TullipR

2 years

I wasn't even asked if I wanted to freeze sperm or want kids. In my obsessive, deeply unwell state they just nodded along and didnt tell me the realities, what life would be like.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

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Thank you for archiving kind internet stranger

TullipR 🦎🌈♂ on Twitter: "I want to tell everyone what they took fro…

archived 13 Jun 2022 23:27:23 UTC

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Got my ID back, in MY name, not my old name, not a fucking dead name, my name. The name that was given with love, the name I was baptised under. My name.

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@TullipR

2 years

And thats something that will never come back and one of the reason why i got surgery. My sex drive died about 6 months on HRT and at the time I was glad to be rid of it, but now 10 years later, Im realising what im missing out on and what I won't get back.

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@TullipR

2 years

And finally, theres dilation, which is like some sort of demonic ceremony where you impale yourself for 20 agonising minutes to remind you of your own stupidity.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

I haven't deleted anything btw. Thread got mass reported.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Then theres the dreams. I dream often, that I have both sets of genitals, in the dream I'm distressed I have both, why both I think? I tell myself to wake up because I know its just a dream. And I awaken into a living nightmare.

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@TullipR

2 years

Because even if i had a sex drive, my neo vagina is so narrow and small, i wouldn't even be able to have sex if i wanted too. And when I do use a small dilator, I have random pockets of sensation that only seem to pick up pain, rather than pleasure.

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@TullipR

2 years

So after cleaning myself up, I will find moments later that my underwear is wet - no matter how much I wiped, it slowly drips out for the best part of an hour. I never knew at 35 I ran the risk like smelling like piss everywhere I went.

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@TullipR

2 years

In those moments of amnesia as I would wake, I would reach down to my crotch area expecting something that was there for 3 decades, and it's not. My heart skips a beat, every single damn time.

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@TullipR

2 years

Then theres the act of going to the toilet. It takes me about 10 minutes to empty my bladder, it's extremely slow, painful and because it dribbles no matter how much i relax, it will then just go all over that entire area, leaving me soaken.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

11 months

I'm pleased to announce that we will be launching a Judicial Review against the UK's Adult Gender Clinics. The review aims to challenge the failure of the NHS to provide appropriate treatment and safeguards for adults suffering from gender dysphoria.

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@TullipR

2 years

Any pleasure I do get comes from the Prostate that was moved forward and wrapped in glands from the penis, meaning anal sex isnt possible and can risk further damage.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

11 months

It was about 3 years after surgery that I realised the pain, toilet issues, infections and all the other hells that came with it weren't going away. That this is it forever. And it was all for nothing. Do you know how maddening that is?

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

The entire movement relies on shame so no one speaks out. But that's the beauty of the truth, it will set you free, no matter how you feel about it.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

Lets stop saying bottom surgery and start calling it for what it is, male genital mutilation.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

9 months

Heart warming moment. Niece asked if I was a boy or a girl, she's only 4. So I called Surrey Police and they had her arrested for a hate crime within an hour Wholesome

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@TullipR

2 years

@yellowlikemust1 @DennyRun I was an adult, but I was a vulnerable adult for sure. I had a lot of complex issues that I was begging to be addressed, but it was affirmed onto being trans instead.

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@TullipR

2 years

Not gonna lie, getting savaged by the trans community the other day took a bigger toll on me then I thought it would.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Imagine telling someone going through puberty that discomfort with your body is a sign of gender dysphoria.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

Conversion therapy is having over 150 gender clinic appointments in less than four years. Every rational thing my mother said, was presented as transphobia. Every doubt I had was explained away as "internalised transphobia". My biggest regret, is trusting them before her. Fuck

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@TullipR

2 years

I've been part of a support network for 8 years. Today they sent me a notice stating that as I was detransitioning, I was no longer eligible to be part of the group. Trans people keep pushing away detransioners and act surprised when they fall further into GC circles. Smh

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

They say you shouldn't publicly detransition etc, too much pain, very personal. I get it, I do. But look at how much better I've been doing since my first posts. Terrified and ashamed, to fearless and proud. 💪 😁 But I didn't do it alone. Thank you everyone xoxo

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@TullipR

2 years

Next time you see something about TERFs, replace that word with women and see how it reads. And no, you don't need to be a feminist to stand up for women.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

What on earth was I thinking? I'm way happier as I am now. Androgynous, but comfortably masculine too. No one told me that men come in different shades, so let me tell you: Wear the dress, put on the eyeliner, but just understand its nothing to do with womanhood.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

If I have to explain a joke, it's probably not funny. If you have to explain your gender, it's probably not real.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

We need a full scale enquiry into the effectiveness of "gender affirming" care, including surgery, hormones and puberty blockers.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

@TwitterSupport eyyyyyyyy we're back! Thankie @jk_rowling

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@TullipR

2 years

Perhaps Gender Clinics are overwhelmed because we explained away puberty, social awkwardness, trauma, OCD, Same sex attraction, gender non conformity and autism in a neat all-inclusive package that comes with its own community, available online 24/7.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Gender affirming care is conversion therapy.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

I remember early days when other trans people would brag about losing height over time and we all thought it was great, but it was actually the onset of osteoporosis I've lost 4cms in 8 years to curvature of the spine and I'm in my 30s.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

@jk_rowling Hope your okay Jo, I'm sorry they did this just for just standing up for detransitioners.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

What this discourse taught me: You can misgender a detrans person without recourse. You can doubt, question and examine their experience. You can even blame them for their circumstances. But you must never do this to trans people.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

I feel good about that meeting, I was in prime and didn't hold back. One contributor asked "well can you just fill in a form to reverse the GRC" I retorted, "which form do I complete to get my genitals back" Spicy

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Imagine asking for help with crippling mental health issues and you get medicalised for life instead

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

10 months

I wish I could talk to him I'd tell him men come in different shades, theres no one way to be anything I'd tell him not to hide his brilliance, that his way of being is not a weakness. Being soft in this hardened world doesn't make you a lesser person, its just another shade.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

I'm in the papers tomorrow, my words this time. Looking forward to seeing it.

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@TullipR

2 years

@TwitterSupport Can you unhide my thread? Cheers.

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@TullipR

2 years

I never expected JK Rowling to follow me and then send a lovely supportive message in my DM's. My heart skipped a beat when i saw her name! What struck me the most was, amongst everything she's dealing with - she took time out to wish me well in private. What a lovely soul.

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@TullipR

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I see a lot of rallying calls to protect women and girls, but why not boys too? Aren't all children worthy of protection?

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Gender dysphoria is a bland, useless and damaging concept Here's why 🧵

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

Too many people have terrible results and be like "this is fine".

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1 year

This is terribly sad. So so sad.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

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@TPointUK @ryecollegeuk Credit to those girls, they were very mature and dealt with it respectfully.

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@TullipR

2 years

The best thing you can do for your dysphoric child is to stay as far away from medical proffesionals as possible. Turn off the Internet, get them outside as much as possible and take the computer out of their room. The Internet fuels this addiction.

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@TullipR

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@jk_rowling They're coming for me atm. Can't say too much but I never thought I'd need to speak to police over social media, its insane. You can't take a risk either, because it only takes one. I take reassurance in that fact many of these people never leave their room

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

The support is utterly overwhelming, thank you. Ready for the next round 💪

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@TullipR

2 years

I've bitten off more than I can chew, so I'm going to cease media engagements, aside from the occasional podcast. I'm also going to cut down the work I'm doing, I need to focus on myself and the detrans groups. I hope to return to @genspect as a team member in the near future x

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 months

Legal case update. Today, I was informed that the case will go ahead and will remain pro bono. My lawyers, @SlaterGordonUK (Shout out to Laura Preston) have worked tirelessly to make this happen. Thank you so much

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

3 months

Maybe it's the vitamin d tablets, maybe it's living as I please, maybe it's moving on, maybe it's my boyfriend saying I love you, maybe it's reconnecting, maybe it's the OCD therapy, maybe it's the well wishes, maybe it's hearing my name. Whatever it maybe, I feel amazing

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

Nearly 5 years post surgery and still dealing with pain, infections and soreness. When you sit back and think about it, the whole thing is insanity. Absolute savage insanity. And also that it's still happening right now, en masse, across the world.

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@TullipR

1 year

Sinead asked me to post this, to let everyone know she's taking a long break to focus on her health. She's okay as can be, and has asked not to be contacted for activism related stuff. Thank you everyone xoxo

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

In the last 24 months I've had over 40 medical appointments as a result of transition. This includes; -blood work -doctor appointments -physiotherapist (pelvic) -endocrinologist -urologist -gynocologist -dermatologist -surgeon (urethral dilation) ...for the rest of my life

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Detransition wave is here. Its in the data, news, social media etc I told you so's, won't help anyone nor will it ease the wave of grief and anger The next phase is the most important, how we receive detransitioners, many of which will still be working things out Be patient

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

9 months

Absolutely shocked (and pleased) how many men in the dating scene don't care I've had surgery. Really thought my dating life was over... But it's not, I've even been on a few dates (gone well! :D) Also apparently I'm adorable and a bit cheeky, so that helps too

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

I'm a year in. And I'm handing in my 🦎 A 🧵

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2 years

At the start of transition, I remember telling my therapist and trans friends one of the advantages of coming out as trans meant I didn't have to come out as gay...

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

The gender clinic counts people who detransition as another successful "transition" Yep, I got counted twice as a positive result.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

6 months

In 2021, I thought my life was finished. And now? Nah, I'm just getting started. #DETRANS

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

If you're thinking about GRS, you really need to ask yourself what will you do if it goes wrong, because living like this isn't glorious, it's miserable. Let's talk about complications. Heres 10 to start 🧵

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@TullipR

1 year

My story is quite simple, I hated, hated the fact I was gay. I despised myself, I hated my body so much. I felt disgusting, I would take any offering to escape the decades long struggle. So when gender affirmation came along, it was all too kind an offer...

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@TullipR

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@Franco0187 Extremely. I know people who don't even have any prostate sensation too. People who have just let it close up after losing hope

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@TullipR

2 years

Casual reminder I'm frequently "misgendered" and absolutely nothing happens

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Had a great time at @ImWatson91 Thanks for having me

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Should be living my best gay life right now, instead I'm sat writing about how I ended up becoming obsessed with an idea that led to having my sex lobotmised with the assistance of medical proffesionals Even Lovecraft couldn't come up with this level of esoteric dystopian horror

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

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And if you do take testosterone after being post op, you run the risk of internal hair in the neo-vagina. Imagine dealing with internal hair growth after everything? What a choice... be healthy on Testosterone and a freak, or remain a sexless eunuch.

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@TullipR

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@HelenWebberley Please Helen, I'm begging you, shut the fuck up. You've talked to 0 detrans people. We don't want to be part of your club.

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@TullipR

7 months

Anyone defending this woman, because "Testosterone is powerful" is bottomless trash

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

1 year

I'm doing pretty well, I just want people to know. I'm not anxious when I walk out and about, I like how i look, I like my job, have great friends and I've had this weird sense of melancholy, like im back to where i was before transition, but without the fear I'm gonna be okay

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@TullipR

2 years

I do feel responsible for the great majority of what happened. I have acknowledged my fuck up plenty times. All I want though, is to get those who also were complicit to be held accountable for their part in this too.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

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Went swimming first time in about 18 years. Male changing room, 0 confidence issues. Who is this confident, fearless and happy individual? Because I don't recognise him

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@TullipR

2 years

The threat to young males and boys has been overshadowed for too long. Your fury for what's happening to young women and girls should apply to them too. If no one stands for them, I will. And I'll still be standing along side women and girls. You can do both.

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@TullipR

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The tribunal is giving me such hope. Leaving the trans movement was terrifying. I had a good reputation, blended in and was accepted. I had it all figured out. Ive been wondering if I made a terrible mistake by speaking out...until I saw the tribunal tweets. We're gonna be OK

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@TullipR

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No one wants to tell you how shit post surgery life is because they've sold a lie to themselves. No sensation/pain is better than what you had before? Dilation/UTI and infections? It doesn't feel like the real thing, it doesn't look like it either. It's just a savage lie

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@TullipR

2 years

Masses of protestor outside LGB Alliance...

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2 years

Man suing the NHS over trans surgery he regrets shares his ordeal

EXCLUSIVE: Ritchie Herron, 35, has waived his right to anonymity to share his ordeal after he claims the NHS failed to take his mental health crisis into account before performing irreversible...

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

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Lot of people been checking in with me since the cass review. Thank you...I'm good. More determined than ever to see this through. I spoke out because I thought I had nothing left to lose, I was so wrong.

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Ritchie Herron 🌷

@TullipR

2 years

Casual reminder that males who taken estrogen get hypertrophic hypogonadism, not womanhood.

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@TullipR

3 months

Where was the epidemic of child suicide before gender affirmation? How come there are so many trans adults, who seeminly all survived being a dysphoric child It's bullshit. Fear and fuel for the death cults fire

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Children and youth will die. They will be the collateral damage in this hellscape of a province. I'm shaking with rage. Or maybe it's fear. Probably both.

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@TullipR

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Absolute⚡️moment to do my first TV appearance with a living legend @MForstater

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@GBNEWS

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Ritchie Herron, who no longer identifies as a trans woman and is suing the NHS over claims he was pressured as an adult into receiving surgery to remove his genitals, joins Dan Wootton to discuss the closure of Tavistock. 🖥 GB News on YouTube

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Feeling rather proud after being name dropped in House or Lords along with @KLBfax Its nice to know this wasn't for nothing 🥹 Gender affirmation is destructive. And not just to the individual. Especially when the patients fate has already been decided by not only the…

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@TullipR

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I get it, it's easy to sit back stroking your beard making these judgements without knowing all the facts. I do take accountability, the self blame from this nearly finished me off, as you may understand. But I didn't do this all by myself, did i?

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@TullipR

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I tore a sutra 4 days post recovery, they promised to address it, i begged them in emails to fix it, they scorned me instead. Years later, I have what looks like a chunk of missing flesh next to my neo-vagina, it literally looks like someone hacked at me. They still wont fix it

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@TullipR

11 months

@ReduxxMag Why are men so good at womens sports?

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1 year

What you're witnessing is the point before the fall. Like being on the top of a roller coaster, about to face the big dip. 2023 is about to get wild.

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@TullipR

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Wowwww, it's beginning.

Tavistock gender clinic forced to shut over safety fears

The NHS is shutting down its gender identity clinic for children after a review found that it failed vulnerable under-18s.The gender identity service at Tavis

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@TullipR

2 years

Transition is the ultimate form of dissociation... Be yourself, by becoming someone else. Not only were the things I was running from waiting for me on the other end, but I brought a whole load of extra shit with me. What a waste of time

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@TullipR

2 years

@josie_halles Thank you Josie, it means the world actually.

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2 years

Seeing a lot replies stating that the media isn't representing positive transition stories. Are you serious? Have you seen modern media?

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"I didn't consent to puberty" I didn't consent to aging and chonking out, but here we are

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I belong to a cohort of men and boys that never really fit in. We weren't particularly effeminate, but we weren't really masculine either. We're quiet, soft, smart but naïve at the same time. Some of us happen to be gay, some bi, some straight. 🧵

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@TullipR

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@steinxberg Kobe is male. Transitioned as a child, and is returning back to male. Y'all need to read

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2 years

Mermaids are finished

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2 years

Detrans and trans people have the same fight. Better health care, access to support, autism and ADHD services, surgery care, endocrinology, unhindered research into long term benefits. Why would I advocate against that? I'm medicalised for life, i need this too.

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So I err, entered the dating scene 🙈 ...guys don't give a shit. I'm so shocked...really. I might just be able to live that life of mine ;) Also apparently I'm kinda cute too, so that helps

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The most wild thing about #GlinnerGate was him saying "Btw you know theres a few nonces in positions of power in this?" Presenter: THATS RIDICULOUS *Cut off* Also presenter: Over to Peter "lets lower the age of consent to protect children" Tatchell for his opinion Unbelievable

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