SAD: I De-transitioned. My Body Will Never Be the Same.

The men in my family recognized I was gay, and treated me cruelly. My brother forcibly shaved my head when I decided to let my hair grow long. My grandfather told the parents of a kindergarten friend that I was a faggot, and it was contagious. In a town that small, his words spread quickly, and I lost friends who didn’t want to touch me in case they caught whatever I had. My uncle changed the channel whenever a gay character came on the TV.

By the time I was 12 and hitting puberty, I hyper-fixated on every small change in my face and body. Every new hair. Every shift in my jawline. I was becoming a man, and that felt catastrophic. I was desperate for a way out. And the internet delivered an answer.

I discovered trans influencers.

What happened next was far worse than the family or school bullying.