19-Year-Old on HRT Explores Childhood Wish to Be Female and Shame Around Maleness

A 19-year-old male, seven months into estrogen and anti-androgens, shares with detrans.ai his lifelong desire to be female, shame about being male, and fear of masculinization. detrans.ai listens and gathers perspectives from detransitioned men who faced similar childhood wishes, body image struggles, and complex relationships between sexuality and gender distress.