Anonymised Statistics
Anonymised statistics on transition and detransition, extracted from the stories of /r/detrans users who have shared enough to piece together a full story and timeline.
What stands out
74% of those who had surgery say they regret transitioning, compared with 54% after hormones or blockers and 32% after a social transition only (n = 2641).
94% of those helped by exploratory therapy say their mental health got better after detransitioning, compared with 66% of others (n = 198 / 2896).
Reasons more than twice as common for one sex as the other:Men: Sexual factors, Internalised homophobiaWomen: Internalised misogyny
67% of detransitioners who state their orientation are gay, lesbian or bisexual (44% gay or lesbian; n = 1457).
The typical journey: first dysphoria at 12 → transition at 17 → detransition at 21 (n = 1089).
Median time in transition: 4 years for women (n = 795) and 3 years for men (n = 202).
70% say their quality of life improved after detransitioning; 11% say it got worse (n = 3094).
70% of stories mention that they took cross-sex hormones (n = 3094).
66% are now critical of or opposed to transition for other people (n ≈ 2608).
57% of stories with an age started transitioning under 18 (n = 623 of 1089).
65% first felt dysphoria at 12 or younger (n = 479).
87% of under-18 starters are female (n = 623).
Dots show the share of stories where the statement is clearly true (AI probability ≥ 0.8); lines show the 95% interval. Faded rows have fewer than 30 answers. Select a row to read matching stories.
Based on 3094 evaluated stories.