TechCrunch:
"Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the 'What’s happening?' sidebar. As part of a 'timeline takeover' — which gives advertisers 'priority access to logged-in users’ first impression of the day' — conservative media nonprofit PragerU is promoting the hashtag '#DETRANS' to advertise its new film about 'the stories of detransitioners.' * * * PragerU said it spent $1 million in total to promote the “DETRANS” documentary, a portion of which went toward its “timeline takeover” on X."
— X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film, Amanda Silberling, TechCrunch, November 2, 2023
First of all, detransition is an uncommon pathway for people who begin gender transition. As TechCrunch says: "In a 2021 review of 27 studies, with almost 8,000 transgender patients, less than 1% of people who underwent any type of gender-affirmation surgeries expressed regret."
Secondly, people are allowed to regret their choices, and they are allowed to change their mind. This is part of being human. It doesn't mean that being trans/queer is invalid or bad.
I wrote Why transphobia teaches us to be terrified of regret. It's an 8-min read on Medium.
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