Detransitioner Katie Lennon: ‘I Thought that in the End I Could Become a Man But All I Became Was a Mutilated and Abused Version of Myself’

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LENNON: “But the social transition eventually wasn’t enough, and I soon felt I needed to take testosterone. And when that wasn’t enough, I had a double mastectomy. And when that still wasn’t enough, I had a total hysterectomy, including the removal of my uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and both ovaries. There’s no point of contentment during a gender transition. We get fleeting moments of euphoria, but ultimately one step leads straight into the next. And I thought that in the end I could really become a man, but all I became was a mutilated and abused version of my old self. Social transition is a big deal, and we’re lying when we say that any of this is reversible. This is a big decision with lifelong consequences, and New Hampshire doesn’t even require that parents be involved.”