In this RAIR Foundation article, a young Canadian detransitioner named Rose and her mother Danielle describe the trauma, confusion, medical decisions, and regret surrounding Rose’s teenage transition.
- Rose says she began struggling at age 11 after trauma, severe bullying, suicidal thoughts, and multiple suicide attempts.
- According to the article, she found online transition-related content and came to believe becoming someone new could help her escape her pain.
- At 13, Rose was reportedly placed on puberty blockers after two brief 20-minute appointments at a gender clinic.
- The article says the clinic later prescribed testosterone despite her mother’s objections and a psychologist’s report saying Rose did not have gender dysphoria.
- Rose underwent a double mastectomy at 16 and says a later call about scheduling phalloplasty at 17 helped jolt her into realizing she had made a devastating mistake.
- She now says she was not truly trying to become someone else as much as trying to “delete” herself and avoid the deeper problems she was facing.
- Her mother, Danielle, described the experience as feeling like her daughter had died, then said it felt like a gift when Rose came back to herself.
- The article frames Rose’s story as part of a broader warning about rushed youth gender medicine, activist influence, and the lack of support for detransitioners seeking to repair physical harm.
- Rose reportedly faces roughly $30,000 in out-of-pocket costs for procedures intended to reverse some of the damage.
Read the full story: https://rairfoundation.com/i-felt-like-my-daughter-had-died-young/
