Think You're Trans? Think Again!
At 18, Jade was promised testosterone wouldn’t hurt fertility. Three years later she had cysts, a removed gallbladder, daily pain—and no baby. Medical transition sold her lies and lifelong damage.
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Jade Martin, 23, was a feminine child who began socially transitioning at 11 after online strangers told her her puberty distress was gender dysphoria. Within weeks of turning 18, a Planned Parenthood nurse—himself trans—started her on testosterone after falsely promising it wouldn’t harm fertility. Three years of hormone use left her emotionally numb, physically ill, and ultimately detransitioning. She now battles chronic pain, voice damage, and gallbladder loss while warning that puberty discomfort is universal, not proof of being trans.
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Jade Martin, a 23-year-old detransitioner from California, describes a childhood that was outwardly idyllic—she was “the girliest girl you can imagine,” obsessed with princesses, dolls and fairy-tale romance—yet inwardly marked by severe bullying at school and untreated OCD that even teachers punished rather than helped. Puberty arrived shockingly early at age nine, prompting more ridicule about her changing body and reinforcing her sense of alienation. Isolated from peers, she retreated to the internet at 11–12, where older teens and adults on YouTube, Tumblr and Instagram assured her that her discomfort with her body and social anxiety were textbook gender dysphoria. Online, she adopted a male name and pronouns, secretly ordered chest binders with her weekly allowance, and absorbed fan-fiction narratives that promised love and acceptance if she became a “trans boy.” By high school the process accelerated: teachers asked students for preferred pronouns, classmates began calling her “he,” and a therapist who had originally treated her OCD quickly transferred her to an “LGBT youth” counselor whose office was “covered in rainbow flags.” Within one to two sessions Jade received a gender-dysphoria diagnosis; the new therapist then told her that when she turned 18 she could bypass parental consent by visiting a contact at Planned Parenthood. One week after her eighteenth birthday—still a high-school senior living at home—Jade walked into Planned Parenthood, was briefly introduced to a doctor who promptly left for lunch, and was started on testosterone by a nurse who identified as a trans man. The informed-consent sheet she signed listed only cosmetic changes such as facial hair and fat redistribution; no mention was made of infertility, atrophy, or other long-term risks. When Jade specifically asked whether the drug could impair future fertility, the nurse falsely assured her she would remain fertile and might even need birth control. Jade stayed on testosterone for roughly three years. The physical and emotional effects were immediate and devastating: she became emotionally numb, lethargic, lost her sex drive, and felt “like a zombie.” Socially, she fell silent and withdrawn; teachers and friends noticed the change. By 2020, after a sexual assault and amid deepening depression, she began to question the transition. Meeting her first boyfriend (who accepted her regardless of identity) coincided with discovering detransition stories online, especially a video by detransitioner L. Palmer that resonated so strongly she immediately shared it with her sister. In January–February 2021 Jade stopped testosterone cold-turkey, without medical supervision; Planned Parenthood continued refilling the prescription for two years even though she no longer attended appointments. Detransition brought its own medical fallout. Jade developed recurring ovarian cysts that ruptured and sent her to the ER, chronic yeast infections and bacterial vaginosis, and agonizing rib pain that culminated in emergency gallbladder removal—the surgeon attributed the gallstones to hormonal disruption from testosterone. She still suffers urinary incontinence, daily facial-hair removal, throat pain from a permanently lowered voice, and post-gallbladder digestive issues (IBS, lactose intolerance, rapid-onset dumping syndrome). Fertility testing shows no lasting impairment, but the ordeal left her feeling “powerless” and mourning the young-adult milestones she had imagined. Throughout, Jade’s family offered steady support, whereas most of her trans-identified friends branded her a “traitor.” She urges parents to remain patient and present rather than confrontational, noting that pressure from relatives initially drove her deeper into transition. Today she speaks out to warn young people that pubertal discomfort is universal, not proof of being transgender, and to demand far stricter safeguards before any child is placed on hormones.