When Transitions Go Bad

So last night on MSNBC they had an interesting show on a pair of individuals who began as men, changed sexes to women and then eventually went back to living as men. I was pretty interested in this program to see exactly how it would go and how they would portray things. One of the good things is they related that only about 1% of transpeople regret their transitions.

It was interesting to see these two individuals and hear how they went through transition. One, in a whirlwind of craziness transitioned super quick at age 40. The other, started transiton at 19, ended up married to several men and then divorced and then spent a lot of time alone.

Predictably, they make you wait until the end of the program to find out why they re-transitioned. Finally, it made sense. Both were influenced by their religions to retransition. One was Jewish and joined some group for ex-gays. The other joined a megachurch and wanted to fit in by following the 'word of God'. So there you have it. So basically it came down to peer pressure both times.

Sadly, one of the transitioners kept strangely referring to their old transitioned life be referring to them in the third person, which is weird. "Michelle used to like to wear this", or "Michelle used to do this." Dude....that's YOU that used to do that, idiot.

It was also amusing how when the one who transitioned at age 19 and after twenty years retransitioned mentioned how hard it had been to get down female mannerisms, but when he went back to living as a guy, it just came naturally. Well no kidding, dumbass. Wasn't that a hint you weren't REALLY a girl to begin with?