Dr. Kinnon Ross McKinnon, Assistant Professor of Social Work at York University, is one of the world's foremost academic voices on the science of detransition. This year, his research team published the results of the largest study of self-declared detransitioners, with nearly 1000 people who had embarked on a gender transition, and then thought otherwise.In this conversation, Dr. McKinnon sits down with Transnormal host Dr. Laura Targownik talk about how his research shifts the narrative about detransition; despite how it is portrayed in the popular media, every detransition story in unique; while regret is not universal, it is common, and is not always a result of people feeling they made an incorrect decision at the time.
We cover the groundbreaking DARE study and the following:Why detransition happens (regret, stigma, discrimination, fluid identity)
The four types of detransition experiences revealed in the study
How media and politics often distort these stories
What the future of gender-affirming care should look like
This is a rare, nuanced look at detransition—beyond the headlines, beyond the culture wars.
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