Show Notes
In this episode, Marcelle and Raimi talk with special guest and associate producer of the pod, Reese, about detransition and retransition. Following the previous episode's conversation on transition and autonomy, Reese shares their experience with de/re-transition and the trio discuss the fears, guilt and shame that make up the political and social ‘boogeyman’ of detransition.
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Defining Detransition MacKinnon, Kinnon Ross, Pablo Expósito-Campos, and W. Ariel Gould. "Detransition needs further understanding, not controversy." bmj 381 (2023).
Physician Education and Fears: MacKinnon, Kinnon R., et al. "Preventing transition “regret”: An institutional ethnography of gender-affirming medical care assessment practices in Canada." Social Science & Medicine 291 (2021): 114477.
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