** Disclaimer: This review is focused on the book itself and its contents. This is by no means a review intended to belittle or dismiss the experiences of those who have detransitioned. **

This book suffers much of the same issues as ‘Detrans’ by Mary Olohan (You can find my review in my ‘I read it so you don’t have to’ shelf), so I’ll go over to main issues that are unique to this book.

While the emails from detrans people are from average people (unlike other books where they bring on political detransitioners), I was surprised that the book was very limited in them. Some seemed curious about detransitioning, and one was even from a trans woman who just decided not to have SRS.

Theres also more often than not suggestions to convert as a part of detransitioning, and while I don’t think being religious is any skin off my nose, the fact that religion is used as a tool here to encourage detransitioning reminds me heavily of ex-gay orgs that are now defunct for spiritual abuse against gay and lesbian folks.

Lastly, I’m disgusted that the suicide of a real trans man is used as an implication that transitioning should’ve cured his depression, and the author speculates if he wanted to detransition. No. Depression can happen to anyone, regardless of popularity, status, and safety. To suggest that someone’s ability to transition or be trans hinges on it being a cure-all and that any signs of other struggles or mental illness is an argument against transitioning is abhorrent.

I’m not surprised and didn’t find anything new inside this book that I haven’t already put in other anti-trans books.