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Detransition Gave Me a New Story to Tell

Identity as Subjectivity vs Identity in Objectivity

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Jun 07, 2024
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Right after I graduated college. Age 22.

Julian Jaynes said, "Language is an organ of perception, not simply a means of communication.”

That includes self-perception as well. We think in terms of narratives. We all have an autobiographical narrative identity.

For me, detransition was a new narrative that replaced the trans one.

The narrative identity of det…

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