My first inkling that trans was becoming trendy was in 2012 when a household of five lesbians I knew all transitioned within a year. It just seemed statistically impossible. And yet!
Well I caught up with one of the roommates recently and guess what?! Three of the five have detransitioned. One just had a kid but can’t breastfeed because she already had top surgery. She’s now using donor milk for her kid.
Two of the 5 still ID as trans and maybe always will. Trans people exist and social and physical transition helps many of them. But something else is happening here and ignoring or suppressing it is going to create a backlash that will hurt both trans and other LGB people.
If you’re not in queer circles you probably won’t see this but changing ones pronouns and taking T is absolutely in fashion. I find out about another friend transitioning (or IDing as non-binary) almost every week.
This is not an exaggeration. And it’s not just among kids. Most of my friends are in their 30s and the dykes are absolutely disappearing.
