Peter Wynn
2 min readApr 21, 2022

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Well written. I am reminded of when I was a kid and I lived in an area that had many interstate migrants. They typically came for one of two reasons: the climate and, in the case of the elderly, the State Premier (equivalent of Governor in the USA) abolished Death Duties. On both sides of me at my second house, the neighbours were retirees, and both sets of them returned to the states from which they migrated after a few years. Do we have people campaigning against interstate migration? No. Okay, I know that there's a big difference between interstate migration and gender transition, but there are similarities (for example, a person can move from one state to another and decide to return and find that they no longer have the same connection that they had with the friends that they missed, and depending upon how far along a person is with their transition, they may be unable to have children). Unfortunately, as gender reassignment surgery is expensive, what I am about to say is not an option for most people, BUT, if a trans person wishes to, the option of freezing sperm or eggs should be available. I remember seeing the case of a transwoman who reverted, who, as a male, was a traffic police officer, with a muscular build and tattoos, who transitioned to a woman, and who then, after meeting a woman, de-transitioned.

But here's something else we need to remember about SOME people who de-transitioned. Some doctors may have satisfied the degree requirements to be a doctor, but they allow their political leanings to influence their practices. Some doctors are genuinely bad at what they do, but some people will judge a doctor as being a bad doctor because the doctor tells them what they want to hear. A classic example, in my opinion, is this. A man who was an epileptic needed a medical certificate to be able to drive. His seizures were getting worse, and he shopped around to find a doctor who would sign off on the certificate to let him keep driving. One day, he had a serious seizure while driving, and his car careened onto the other side of the road and hit a car, killing a small boy. There might be some people who are de-transitioning who saw a psychiatrist who said, "No, I'm not sure that you should," and they shopped around until they found one who said, "Yes," and they were proven wrong. That's worth remembering.

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Peter Wynn
Peter Wynn

Written by Peter Wynn

Diagnosed with autism at 35. Explained a lifetime of difference.

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