Post Trans
Post Trans is a collection of stories by female detransitioners and desisters. The project was established by Elie and Nele, two women from Belgium and Germany who have themselves detransitioned. They wanted to provide a place where women who no longer identify as trans can share their experiences.
The main article on this subject is Detransition platforms and community.
What you can find
The site contains personal stories, an overview of resources, an explanation of its values, a booklet, and information about a survey. The content is available in nine languages, including Dutch, English, French, and German. Readers can submit their own story.
Background
The founders say they are spending less time on the project and do not respond to every message, so the site is only updated occasionally. Post Trans is a personal-experience platform, not a research source: the stories do not indicate how common detransition is. An explanation of the terms used can be found under terms.
The founders
Elie and Nele describe their own histories on the site. Elie is from Belgium and studied social sciences. She started testosterone at sixteen, underwent a mastectomy at seventeen, and detransitioned at twenty. Nele is from Germany and works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She began transitioning at twenty and stopped after two years of testosterone and a mastectomy. Their aim is to provide a place where female detransitioners can share their experiences, and to offer a different perspective from the one found in the mainstream debate about trans identity.
Principles
Post Trans has set out its values on a separate page. The site aims to be a safe place where detransitioners can share their stories and receive support. Attacks on the writers' personal experiences are not accepted. The founders also do not want stories to be taken out of context. They say they do not wish to invalidate any personal experience or identity, and acknowledge that transgender people face serious problems due to gender dysphoria and discrimination. At the same time, they refuse to remove texts that criticise the gender-affirming care model, because they believe that model has harmed some detransitioners. Alongside the stories, there is a survey about detransitioners' needs and the support they receive, as well as a section about Detrans Awareness Day. Dutch-language stories and resources about detransition can be found at transgemeenschap.nl.
How to assess this source
These principles make Post Trans more moderate in tone than many other sites about detransition: the founders oppose a model of care, not transgender people. The request not to take stories out of context is also relevant to readers, because quotations from this type of testimony are often used in political debates. The stories come exclusively from women and were submitted by the writers themselves. More detransitioners' experiences can be found elsewhere on this site. Background information about the treatments they describe is available under medical.