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Studying detransition in the USA & Canada Research study @YorkUniversity Funded by @SSHRC_CRSH https://teapaw.org/t.co/9PkGG1VEEt at gmail dot com

Canada & United States
Joined November 2023
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First publication from the DARE study is out! Published in @JMIR_ Access: jmir.org/2025/1/e63252 This paper focuses on the study design, sampling decisions, challenges encountered in recruiting the sample, and creating a protocol for removing bots/fraud.
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Thanks Laura and Yvette for having me on to talk about the DARE study: Access: youtube.com/watch?v=EQTnIgYG…
Kinnon MacKinnon of The DARE Projectn (@theDAREstudy) joined Yvette (@AndInTheEnd2) and I for a frank discussion about the science and politics of detransition and regret on Agree to Disagree About Gender In this clip, we discuss how MacKinnon's research findings should be applied in the clinical management of gender distressed people Please subscribe in the link in the comments to see the full episode
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Kinnon MacKinnon of The DARE Projectn (@theDAREstudy) joined Yvette (@AndInTheEnd2) and I for a frank discussion about the science and politics of detransition and regret on Agree to Disagree About Gender In this clip, we discuss how MacKinnon's research findings should be applied in the clinical management of gender distressed people Please subscribe in the link in the comments to see the full episode
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Many people have asked me to do an episode about autism and detransition. This is obviously a very complicated topic, one that I felt was far above my pay grade to tackle, so I brought on Kinnon MacKinnon from @theDAREstudy to discuss his research into detransition.
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Understanding Detransition(s) in Transgender Healthcare The diversity of detransition experiences in the DARE study Guest post by Kinnon Ross MacKinnon
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New paper by our team: "A Latent Class Analysis of Interrupted Gender Transitions and Detransitions in the USA and Canada"
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Group D: 28.4% of the sample
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Group C: 19.1% of the sample
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Group B: 19.4% of the total sample
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Group A: 32.8% of the total sample
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New ground-breaking study funded by @SSHRC_CRSH shows 4 different detransition experiences. Drawing on survey data from 957 participants in the U.S. and Canada, the research reveals that detransition is far from a homogenous experience. Learn about the 4 groups:
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Group D: 28.4% of the sample
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Later today, I will be releasing my full 80 minute interview with Dr. Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, who is among the world‘s foremost experts on the study of gender detransition in this interview, i sit down with MacKinnon for an exclusive one-on-one discussion about his research team’s soon to be released study (The DARE Study), which details and evaluates the different personal factors and motivations behind why people who once identified and lived in a gender role different than the one they were born as, choose to go back and live in their original gender roles we also have a frank discussion about the politics and detransition, and how we should be advising young people about highly consequential health care decision who are presenting with gender identity concerns Enjoy this short clip, and subscribe to see the full video on release. Link in comments
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Kinnon Ross McKinnon, probably the foremost scholar on the science of detransition I will be releasing the interview on Thursday! Please follow TransNormal on YouTube for this important nuanced conversation youtube.com/@TransNormalPodc…
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Op-ed: Under the guise of protecting children from medical harm, the Trump administration is oversimplifying detransition and using it as a political cudgel against transgender health care, writes Professor Kinnon MacKinnon. nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opini… | @YorkULAPS @nytopinion
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Young people may experience their sexuality and gender identity in different ways at different moments in their lives. For some, this can include detransition or retransition. Our webinar for @REXforYouth explored recent research and care on detransition/retransition.
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