Dictionary

detransitioner en · NOUN

Etymology

From detransition + -er (“agent noun”).

Meanings

1. One who detransitions.
   • Detransitioners will need to be aware that 'reverse' genital surgery is not likely to be as successful as their original surgery because there will be less tissue to work with. 2019, Jennie Kermode, Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary People with Disabilities or Illnesses, page 72:
   • In 2021 she spoke out in favor of approaching gender dysphoria in a more considered way, urging others in the field to pay attention to detransitioners, people who no longer consider themselves transgender after undergoing medical or surgical interventions. […] “I transitioned because I didn’t want to be gay,” Kasey Emerick, a 23-year-old woman and detransitioner from Pennsylvania, told me. […] Many detransitioners say they face ostracism and silencing because of the toxic politics around transgender issues. 2024 February 2, Pamela Paul, “As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024:
   • Id., at B2; accord, e.g., Eknes-Tucker v. Governor of Ala., 114 F. 4th 1241, 1267 (CA11 2024) (opinion of Lagoa, J.) (“Alabama presented evidence from many detransitioners who uniformly testified that they were not aware of the long-term impacts of the treatments they underwent”); Brief for Respondents 12–13 (explaining that, before enacting SB1, the Tennessee Legislature heard testimony “from a detransitioner who explained that she was not ‘capable of making informed lifelong decisions’ as a teenager” but nevertheless received transition treatments). 2025 June 18, “UNITED STATES v. SKRMETTI, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND REPORTER FOR TENNESSEE, ET AL.”, in Supreme Court of the United States, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2026, page 47:

Forms

Coordinates

desister

Hyponyms

MTFTM · FTMTF

Synonyms

retransitioner

Translations (6)

pt detransicionador (one who detransitions) · fr détransitionneur (one who detransitions) · fr détransitionneuse (one who detransitions) · fi detransitioituja (one who detransitions) · fi katuja (one who detransitions) · pt detransicionadora (one who detransitions)