What do the terms ‘detransition’ and ‘desistance’ mean?

Detransition and desistance both describe processes where people cease to pursue medical transition and/or stop identifying as transgender. These two concepts are not consistently defined, even in the academic literature, so clinicians should be sensitive to their patients’ circumstances and how they self-describe (Jongeling and Vandenbussche, no date). It is unknown how many people who … Continue reading What do the terms ‘detransition’ and ‘desistance’ mean?