Detransitioner Interview: Regretting Bottom Surgery, Exposing Big Pharma, & Trans Activist Hate
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2022
- Blaire is joined by a male detransitioner named Ritchie who is currently suing the NHS for being pushed into bottom surgery and transitioning. His emotional story will make you rethink how trans and detrans people are handled by the medical system.
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As a biologist, one of the most distressing things to me, was when I found out that hormone therapy does not try to imitate the normal hormonal cycles. No estrogen cycle, no progesterone, no fsh or lh.
This is not making men female like in physiology, it's turning men into something that never evolved or existed. There's no way that our genetics can handle that long term.
Absolute FACTS
Wow.. this should be widespread information
I have seen gym bros with a better grasp of hormonal health then these so called doctors.
Who actually cares... It's crazy how much people pretend to give a shit just so they can feel a sense of entitlement and power above others who are just trying to express themselves and enjoy this life
@@MellowJelly you know I think you're making a good point here. I think there is an awful lot of posturing overweaning control. Nevertheless I think my motives are at least partially good. I work with kids on a regular basis and I see the shit they go through and I do empathize with their struggle suffering and bad decisions. I teach biology and I help people with medical decisions a lot and it's not really for the money, it is because some of us do care a lot and I think most people care a little even if they get full of themselves often
Also I was scheduled this summer to get bottom surgery and I watched your shape-shifter detransitioner video and I almost immediately decided against it. You might have saved my life and I have to say thank you SO much.
💜
I'm interested to ask if I may why you originally decided to go for it? Obviously there are plenty of reasons in the interview to make you change your mind so I'm interested to hear how you got into it in the first place. Also, did you detrans fully, or remain transitioned but just remain non-op? Thanks.
@@CosmicClaire99 I am still transitioned and live my life as a woman and I think originally the surgery felt mandatory to be a “woman.” Like if you’re really trans to the effect of viewing life “through the lens of a woman” so to speak of course you’d want the rest of the world to accept you and see you a certain way. Originally it just seemed like of COURSE I’m getting the surgery because here in Canada it’s extremely pushed, it’s actually covered by the government and when I asked different therapists and doctors, everyone painted it out as though it was the same vagina every other woman had. I even asked specifically about sex and they all seemed very uneducated on it but I remember one girl specifically said to me “oh yeah I hear sex is even better because it suits what you you envision in your head. So from then on it just seemed to be a “woman” (which of course it took a long time for me to accept the fact I will always be a trans woman, regardless of surgeries and hormones) the natural next step would be to have the anatomy of a woman.
To summarize it was definitely my own need to escape the judgement and shed the label of being transgender, and a mix of doctors and professionals talking the surgeries up so much.
@@Angel4Sale Thanks a lot for sharing your account of your experience. So would you say you thought a lot about having surgery when you were younger, before you transitioned. or was it only as a result of what you were told?
@@CosmicClaire99 I would say I thought about it when I was young, yes.
I can’t imagine the head fuck you just go through when you wake up post op and then gradually realise the surgery was a mistake. That must really tear someone apart 💔
Hence the post op suicide rates.. God bless them and give them strength..
And think of the heartbreak of the parents. 😢
I remember when John's Hopkins specifically banned this type of shit this world is going to look like the Island of Dr.Maroo
Nightmare.
@@bitteranjel6782
Or “Doctor” Mengele. Same spirit exploding on the world stage.
Im 15 my dysphoria has gotten horrible since the start of highschool since my physical differences between males has become more apparent thank you blaire for allowing these voices to be heard it really helps me understand that i am young and even if i feel now hormone are a great choice for me i should wait and get multiple different views to make my choice
I'm very happy to see a comment like this. Please learn to love yourself as best you can. A transition won't fix self hate. There's evidence it doesn't fix dysphoria for everyone either. Stay blessed.
I think more of us, even the aestheticly surface attractive people need to be more vocal about how we all have felt...unattractive and just off in our bodies at a point in our life. I'm 40 and am just now feeling confident in my own skin. Life isn't very nice to most of us and we feel out of place so often. It's hard but you aren't alone.
@@CandyKG28 You are so correct. I’ll be 45 in a few weeks, and though I look back on my teens and 20s’ body like, “HOW did you NOT see how perfect and gorgeous you were?! WHY & HOW did you think you were ‘fat.’” My body will NEVER look like that again, thanks to multiple autoimmune diseases and the toll being undiagnosed and over medicated for too many years took.
Still, as I look at my very imperfect body, I feel a confidence that is inherent. It has fuck all to do with my appearance, though I know I am an attractive woman. It’s just something I grew into, and for the luckiest of us, this seems to happen around age 39-40. 🥂
I know you must be struggling.. but please lean on God. He can give you peace over this issue, a peace that surpasses all understanding. It takes time.
You got this! I would say most people have these thoughts as teens and young adults, you will find the right path for you eventually, don’t rush it!
IF THIS DOESNT SHOW how unethical Doctors and the pharmaceutical industry CAN BE , then nothing will .
I'd have thought the last 2 years would have done it, but apparently not.
SOO you are saying the Doctors, "Big" Pharma, etc. FORCED this fool to be CASTRATED AND GUZZEL FEMALE HORMONES???? THIS WAS WHAT HE THOUGHT WANTED AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!
Most of the people who have this done, especially to the extreme of having their parts altered permanently are struggling mentally so this probably won’t show them… At least not before it happens to them just because of how much doctors, pharma and celebrities/the media are pushing this. That’s the tragic part of it. Ugh…
Yes!!!
All doctors are not researchers. We rely on pharmaceutical companies and the FDA to know which medication we have available to us. Also, talking against trans narratives can impact your career.
Now on to my personal opinions. I’m against puberty blockers or transitioning before 18. Sweden, Finland, and France have banned puberty blockers and I applaud them. Studies show that puberty blockers do not alleviate gender dysphoria. It also “stunts growth, brain swelling, severe headaches, nausea, double vision, and even permanent vision loss,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
i was very much a tom boy as a kid, i didn’t “feel” feminine until i got highschool/college.
i feel like no one lets girls be tom boys anymore.
One of the issues I have with the Transgender Ideology is that it likes to classify people based on stereotypes. Rather than allowing men & women to express themselves in a variety of ways they label & gender people by a set of societal stereotypes. I believe some people that feel like they don't fit in with their peers, have issues/trauma involving their peers, they might not identify with them & thus might feel that they are the other gender.
Amen! Same here!! Super tom bom! Wanted to be a boy! But I didn't even think about transitioning because I knew no matter my gender I just didn't want to be ME and no surgery could fix that
Same! When I was around 9 a mother of a friend asked if I would want to be a boy. This was just based on the way I was acting and dressing. Just stereotypes.
I said, without thinking twice; Of course I want to!
Doing 'boyish' things made me happy, so why wouldn't I?
Right now, 14 years later I am happy in my girl body and really glad this idea wasn't pushed on me further.
Yes ! I wanted to do things the boys did (all boy cousins) before puberty. Never after that !
Exactly, we spent YEARS trying to unlearn all the stupid gender stereotypes we’ve created since forever, only for the trans to come and say I like pink, I like feeling pretty, I like fashion and makeup… I’m a girl! 😭 my dood nooooo
Im a detransitioner myself, and I am so thankful that I lived in Florida where it was harder to get put on HRT or get surgeries. I started my detransition some 8 years ago now.
Hey Andrew how has your detransition been? i hope everything has been okay
@@lauracatherine9925 Its been like 8 years at this point. The hardest part was just letting go, and I had to leave behind old friends.
@@andrewgood7586 That shouldn't be the case, about your so-called friends. Trans people demand support, but refuse to give it unless people stay in line with their ideology. That's not friendship. It's sad.
What about your sex life? Was it better before detransitioning?
@@angrybirdo My sex life has always been great.
He has SO much emotional and traditional mental intelligence. Just wow. I am in awe of him. You’re brave and we appreciate you speaking up. I’m just so sorry you had to go through this, but you’re a damn beautiful human being and your struggle has made you the amazing human you are today ❤
I was thinking the same thing and he is somebody that needs to be given the platform instead of somebody like Dylan
Couldn't have said it better, Pink!!
He is wonderful as he is, don't you agree? Just be natural and be you Ritchie. Don't take any more hormones. Let your body heal. Trust that it will, because it will.
@@celticfiddle7605well it’s not that simple any more since he no longer has testicles which are major producers of testosterone in the body. So his body will no longer be able to naturally produce what he needs unfortunately.
My God he’s so young to have gotten that surgery. I feel so sorry for him. He’s so cute and sweet what does he do now? I can’t imagine not having my “boys”. Who let him do this to himself
"People who haven't transitioned but consider themselves trans are the ones who speak the loudest/on behalf of everyone else." So true.
Right ?
Like they haven't taken the risks some of us have...
THIS. OH MY GOD.
That's a lie. Males who self identify as trans are the loudest. See Keffals and Co.
I am FTM no medical transitioning at all… I do not ever speak for anyone just because we are in the same community every one of personal experiences is unique. I believe in facts and truth. The truth is I can do all the transitioning in the world and the
X & Y chromosome scientifically CAN NOT change, period. Facts don’t care about feelings… that is hard truth… Even still I identify as trans. I struggle with this every day because the truth is it can’t be possible scientifically….. I said all that to say that I Do not agree with what’s going on with the agenda being pushed by society. I do not agree with forced transitioning in children. I do not believe in the indoctrination of the young children, around the subject of transgender. These decisions being made for them and forcing parents to participate in the abuse of their children this IS child abuse. Where are the people that protect children??? Children’s lives are being ruined before they even get to live. The suicide rate is already 40% higher than that of the population, before and very often even after transitioning. Less than 2% of the population even identify as trans so that ratio is scary to think how much higher it will become as these abused children grow into adults.
@@hYbridXY1.0 Thank you for sharing your perspective. I agree with you. Trasition hasn't made me male. I never expected this though. But transition does ironically make me much more comfortable with being female.The best of all is that Testosterone cuts down on my naturally hot temper, making me a more chill and level-headed person.
Since I am ok with what I have become and comfortable with being myself, I barely miss being male anymore.
However, kids who are neither socially nor neurologically matured, should not permanently change their body. Transition should be for 21 or even 25 and older and it should be only an option, not pressured.
Unfortunately, people like you and me just mind our own business, public discourse thus being ruled by crazy people.
Richie is so worried of “rambling” and easily digressing, yet his explanation of the levels of estrogens in old age and their link to Alzheimer’s was for me one of the most interesting part of the interview!
If that was interesting to you, look up Peter Attia MD, although he's interested in many different topics (generally about longevity, health, etc.), he also had some interesting talks on that subject as well.
@@joane24 I read that trans hormone therapy results in a high level,of type 2 diabetes. I do not know if that research is correct but I am interested/concerned about hormone therapy and the long term effects. Seems like biologically the body would reject or have physical consequences that impact cognition, sex drive and increased risk. Idk, it seems drastic to me.
right? It was so interesting, he should do review papers, he seems very good at it.
As a non trans woman, I found that interesting.
Dude same. I wanted him to just keep going.
Transitioning is very glorified on the internet. I remember watching many trans UA-camrs living their best lives after transition. Before discovering Blaire I had thought everyone is happy with their transition, and I remember searching about detransitioners and it was very rare to find any of them, it was definitely very odd. I appreciate you Blaire. Thank you.
They really have not been doing it in the US for maybe. I first I remember was 1990. The first ever was 1929.I believe it was like 1970s over seas. The health issues are just starting to so up and many were to ashamed to speak up about regretting what they did. I just in the last 2 years hearing anything out the regret...
I remember gender dysphoria was considered as a mental illness (which it is but that doesn't make transsexual people less in our society since they just want to live their life as the different gender and affirm their dysphoria). But now it's used as an excuse as a trend and for fame :/
Just over 5 mins in and he says something just like Jazz Jennings has recently said: (not quoted)' Why do I always have to put a positive spin on transitioning?' Just wow! I work in pediatrics healthcare and I feel that a lot more therapy needs done before making these lifetime decisons. I mean kids still can't get tattoos for crying out loud but we can start supressing their natural hormonal developments?? Just wow!
Hormones or lack of hormones leads to early onset dementia. I just learned this. I had a hysterectomy 18 years ago after my son was born due to medical issues. They never told me how important our body parts are to our brains. Especially when it comes to hormones. You can’t just switch it up.
@@elgranespejo not the point here. This person is possibly a woman, who for medical reasons, had to get a hysterectomy but was NOT INFORMED. This is common with female health care. Dr's MUST explain long term effects. They are not saying Blaire should go back to being a boy. They are saying they wished they were informed.
@@elgranespejo That is a decision for Blaire. And Blaire is a very smart, thoughtful person, so maybe that will be considered at some point in Blaire’s life. Who knows, I just appreciate Blaire’s open mindedness and honesty💗
@@elgranespejo the point is Blaire did her transition she was an adult. Doing it during puberty is a sure way to catch all the side effects
I'm so sorry you weren't informed.
I feel so lucky that I not only had an informed doctor, but I had researched enough to know what questions to ask.
After suffering with D.I.Endometriosis for 20+ years I opted for surgery. My doctor even allowed a laparoscopy first.
I ended up opting for a full hysterectomy, and am now happily on hormone patches, which I can continue for the rest of my life!
@@elgranespejo Well, she should consider getting off artificial hormones. Very dangerous for the body to take long term cross sex hormones.
How can anyone say this is hateful? It’s someone’s life experience. There is no prejudice, just the things they have gone through.
Omg EXACTLY, THANK YOU!! People are.off their damn rockers saying this is hAtE sPeEcH and it's killing me
@@lemonadelunacy3592 Turn to BIBLE (KJV) and all the needful knowledge is always available.
Because if you don't 100% agree with the tranz MOB they call that "hate".
Fully agree. Reality deserve to be reflected fully. I say this as a trans man going through hormonal replacement therapy.
It's "hateful" because it brings facts and reality to their agenda which is based on misinformation.
This detrans story hit me harder than all the others. He just seems so grounded but the consequences are so extreme. I feel so much sympathy for him :( he reminds me a lot of people I meet in sobriety who have been through major shit. But we can move on from our mistakes, he can't. And he had professionals who should be helping him. Ugh! It's so terrible.
DOCTORS SHOULD BE PROTECTING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FULLY EVALUATING THEM
Professionals making a LOT of money.
As always, that's where the buck stops, if you'll pardon the weak pun. But it's really no different to vaccines, over the counter drugs, cold medicine....they're all products that big pharma are trying to sell you, and by doing it through doctors you're almost powerless to question them - because they're the experts, right? We should therefore trust them, yes?
It's human greed...in it's most deplorable form.
I just imagine this dear man going to use the restroom and having to face that hard reality every single time. That’s a level of horror I’d not wish on anyone. I’m so proud of Richie.
I am too , we were all born into sin, the bible promises a new body on a re-inherited earth with god and his believers.
@@icytimboslyce7939not me. I was born divine :) hope you get saved!
What an ABSOLUTELY INTELLIGENT and kind and well spoken man. Bless him for trying to help others .
It's sad how detransitioners are discounted because they don't fit the narrative. Even if you are a detransitioner, you are still part of that community. If a community can't learn, then it's in trouble.
❤️
De-transition is real but but it’s not necessarily a justification for making it illegal for people to transition. For instance, there are lots of people regret getting married and have to go through the legal process of getting divorced, but I wouldn’t say that that mean we should outlaw marriage
You’ve hit the nail on the head. Thank you.
@@technoloverish who said it should be illegal to transition?
@@technoloverish it should be as illegal for minors to transition as it is for minors to get married. Cope.
This is heartbreaking! In 10 years we are going to see an explosion of this with parents to blame.
In UK Gids(gender clinic) at Tavistock England has been closed down because they ignored comorbities, like sexual orientation, mental health issues, Autism etc. so we’ve got 67% of med transed being LBG, who will detransition irreparably damaged. It’s a crime.
After 18 it doesn't matter what the parents say, many are trying to stop it (look at the pitt substack).
Correct - it’s not all in parents’ hands, and to the extent that it is, that’s changing. In some places trying to prevent a child from getting “gender-affirming care” can land a parent in jail.
Not only parents. Every single doctor who doesn't explain the truth, the side effects, the hell, before brutally mutilating people who are at their most vulnerable needs to lose his or her license and go to prison.
@@smittysmeee most Dr's are too lazy or stupid to understand what drugs do.
Texas just passed a law not allowing under 18 , thank goodness. So sad how many lives have been devastated. Both adults and children. Thanks for bringing truth and awareness.
Thank God! 🎉
I'm a massage therapist studying the endocrine system (in charge of hormones) right now and this man is spitting facts! 🔥
This is very very concerning. I can’t believe we live in a time where people actually advocate doing this to children.
The people that run this society seem to hate women and children their own included.
They are evil.
@@rantmilk2545 they are evil but think they are good which is even scarier.
@@harmonyfox all evil thinks it is good. Otherwise they wouldn’t be doing the evil. It is why villains with relatable motives in stories are so compelling.
If you don't want kids to be sterilised it's phobic innit. Be kind and all that went way too far 😩
This guy needs to be a therapist. He is so intelligent and you can feel he really cares. I absolutely respect him. Thank you for being real!
Richie has more allies and friends for being honest than he realises. Kudos to both of you.
“Estrogen increases melatonin” that explains why I feel exhausted 24/7 every time I have been pregnant. I had never even thought about that before.
Progesterone also increases feelings of relaxation and it promotes better sleep.
It could also be because you’re creating human life…
Same....it's an insane level of tiredness. I would get frustrated by work because I literally couldn't keep my eyes open but I had to work too and my boss would get annoyed with me
Here I am pregnant for the seventh time, falling asleep on the sofa and that is fascinating!!!
I loved the way Blair put it. When she said that even though she's an adult who's been transitioning for 7 years, that even SHE is still learning things she didn't know, so how can a minor, a CHILD, make that kind of decision? That was so spot on children are far, FAR less experienced in life, under developed mentally and physically so they should not be making this decision so young! My heart goes out to this young man and any other person who regretted getting bottom sergury, I can't begin to imagine how this must feel...
TOOK ME 30 YEARS LEARN IM FEMININE MAN THOSE GENDER DOCTORS WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME INVERTED FORSKIN AND I WOULD BEEN ANOTHER SUICIDE 😢
You know what this ‘movement’ is? It’s a massive brainwashing experiment done by enemies of Western Culture on our children.
Exactly!!!!!!!
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So true. This should never be something a kid can choose for themselves. I will never agree with that. Just my opinion but I definitely can’t see how that would be good for any child. Kids make so many mistakes and can be fickle, so how anyone believes they can make this life altering decision is beyond my grasp. I do hope these people can find some peace. It’s sad to see what humans are going through.
Blaire’s face throughout this interview looks like she is very emotionally affected by this. It’s really admirable she takes the time for these hard conversations, coming from her perspective it’s so important. Much love to both of these humans ❤
I think it's because she has said before, most recently in her podcast with Buck, that by the time she transitioned, all of the safeguards that were in place during Bucks time were gone. All she had to do was ask for hormones and surgery and she got them, and she said it feels like a roll of the dice that she is happy with her transition. It probably hits reeeeeally close to home that it's like 50/50 it could have been her on the other side
She looks like she's about to cry. If she isn't already.
@@aliengreeneyes0727 Yup, saw a tiny tear. :/
She looks high asfff lmaoo I love her
She looks high asfff lmaoo I love her
As someone who had surgery down there for non transition reasons, the recovery was so brutal and took months to resolve. I was also mentally traumatized.
It certainly is mentally traumatizing! I only did liposuction and it still had a huge mental impact. Everyday I wonder how it would be for kids who undergo gender transition like that. It's like a horror scene.
Blaire’s face says it all at 23:00
This conversation is so hard and it’s so sad Blaire’s literally in tears and she’s not alone.
I am a 52 year old woman goring through menopause and my hormones are unbalanced, and I’m going through hell! I cannot fathom to imagine the misery of a body chemically manipulated to performed other than it was originally designed to do. You are brave souls.
same here! I feel so deeply sorry for these innocent young souls that are suffering through this 💔
Can u take hormones to help u feel better?
They’re not “Brave”.
They are being selfish, short sighted, willful, and gullible to a bunch of brainwashed, fork-tongued, money hungry doctors, shrinks, and school personnel who have drank the Kool Aid.
Part of this madness is fools replacing God with Science -
This craziness going on in the 21st Century is the ultimate in defiance to the great God who made us all.
@@lauraoliver525 >> I just feel deeply morose that their parents were so spiritually and mentally handicapped that they couldn’t SEE that this is a planned conspiracy to destroy an entire generation of children… to render them disabled.
There are several types of IQ. And one of them is to know the difference between good and evil. It’s a parent’s JOB to know right from wrong, manipulation from logic, common sense from FAD.
Agree a woman over fifty has a hard time effects your body badly and has a negative effect on your emotions as well.Taking hormones is also not a safe option .Its insane that they can do this to young people and in their case its much worse than menopause its criminal
in a MUCH smaller scale, when I had my lasik surgery (eye surgery to correct severe myopia), no one told me that the number one side effect of the surgery was dry eyes. Now, a year later, I am 100% dependant on three different types of eyedrops, and will probably be forever. No one informed me of this. It honestly feels like a betrayal, and I can't even comprehend the scale of suffering both transitioners and detransitioners go through because doctors just don't fucking explain things.
A lot of people have permanent tooth sensitivity because dentists filed down their healthy teeth for purely cosmetic reasons. It’s really sickening the way the medical community treats people and then they wonder why their not trusted.
Research Vitamin A deficiency and dry eyes... I know yours is from surgery but maybe Vit A will help. Dr. Berg has a YT video on it.
similar experience with antidepressants, caused so many side effects doctors never told me about.. crazy
@@Jojospyder i take supplements and fish oil. That was my doctor's first idea. Still hasn't worked. At this point we're considering surgery to plug shut my tear ducts, which allows more moisture to form
read up on omega 7 (sea buckthorn oil) capsules, it moisturises mucous membranes in the whole body
I once had a pro-trans person online tell me that, according to "studies", when people have gender reassignment surgery a certain percentage of them experience increased sexual pleasure and performance. Yet whenever I hear first hand accounts from transgender people like yourself and your guest who speak the ugly truth of it all, they say that it destroys their sex drive and/or makes the act of sex very difficult if not impossible. I asked them to explain this and they stopped responding.
Thats their mo
I just heard an ‘academic’ saying a child receiving blockers will never orgasim.
It's unfortunate how anything can be a "study" I am a science lover, and hearing people use "science" for their own agenda is frustrating. Transgender studies and science is in the infancy. Medical transition has existed for such a short time. Even something like breast implants that began in like the 40s, still shows a lot of women removing their implants due to complications. As well as unknown malaise. People are aloud to take risks for their procedure and medications, but it is only ethical when the patient understands the entire story. And the current system is incredibly manipulative and profit driven, sadly only time will tell. As of now I'll listen to people's anecdotal evidence instead of questionable studies on a poorly studied subject
@@bananaana1860 Exactly. When people say, “studies prove…” in reference to trans medical interventions I take it worth a grain of salt because there hasn’t been enough time passed for scientists to say anything definitively at this time. Right now, we are completely immersed in a “trial by error” time regarding these issues.
@@JoJo-iy9lvthere are people who have confirmed that they no longer have regular sexual function because of taking puberty blockers before fully developing.
So the “academic” was not wrong
I’m a “Cis Woman” and I was using hormonal contraception pills for over a decade, i believe that what I was taking can’t even be compared to a hormonal treatment for transitioning. But anyway I was tired all the time, had almost no libido and my mental health was in the garbage. I have a sequence of failed relationships because of hormones. I’m off of it for about a year and my life changed! I can only imagine for a born men to go through all of that. I’m sad that people don’t talk about this more.
*sorry about my English, I’m still learning*
Why are using cis cis means in translation we are real biological women and not in translation of anything don't play their game
I also was on the pill for about a decade for controlling my depression and decreasing my period, which was GREAT. Because I suffered a lot from anxiety too. So my periods would triple my attacks. Downside was I put on weight and lost all sex drive. If these are some of the changed a low dose of the pill can do, the hormonal treatment for trans must be intense!
Your English was great!
Your English is great!
I was on birth control shots for 1yr...I gained A LOT of weight, was super depressed, had 0 libido and it affected my body's natural ability to get pregnant once I got off it....I stopped taking birth control due to the side effects.....
@@Tee-kc3pn A doctor suggested I try a different one after years on a very low dose. I went and looked up the side effects and they were even worse than the one I was taking!
I came off them and went to see a therapist instead and learnt how to cope with my anxiety instead. Less side effects! 😄
We, women avoid using hormone therapy during menopause because doctors tell us how truly harmful it is. Too bad doctors working with gender patients aren’t as honest. They withhold the info from their patients.
I have even brought up how they are so easily giving teens hysterectomies. I was having major issues that started in my 20’s and drs would not take it. Finally mid 30’s a dr said oh my you have major issues taking it would lessen your pain but left my ovaries because she said going into menopause overnight even though I was already going through peri menopause. She said the only way she’d take is of while in there taking uterus, a major issue then she’d make that call but she left it. So this is mind blowing to me.
I agree. But, I think with something so massively life changing a parent who isn't doing research to find out all of the possible negative effects of it, isn't a very good parent. And they should be able to trust the dr but everyone should know that's ignorant.
No, a lot of women use hrt during menopause very successfully. It just needs to carefully administered and monitored.
@@powderandpaint14 "it just needs to be carefully administered" meaning it isn't safe, especially for children.
@@Sublime_1 no, obviously not for children.
as a detransitioner myself, thank you for giving people like me a platform to speak
Wondering. Why did you think you were trans in the first place?
I'm really sorry for all you've been through and I'm glad you're finding other brave people like you. Keep it up, friend!
Maybe you and others can start some kind of support group for each other. I imagine it can’t be easy but telling people your feelings or thoughts would probably really helpful. I wish you peace in your life.
Keep on messaging. You have more support than you know.
I’m sorry for all you’ve been through
The weight gain after bottom surgery and the inability to keep it off reminded me of Jazz Jennings and how much her family has been belittling and bullying her about her weight gain post op. Her family used her for monetary gain and fame and now that she’s struggling due to her circumstances the very ones they exploited she’s been knocked off the pedestal they put her on for so long and treated as a problem. It’s so sad to see. I hope she gets far away from them off reality tv and heals.
Jazz's whole situation is so concerning because, at least to me, it seems the mom invented the whole transgender narrative and has convinced Jazz to believe it. There are a lot of others who share the same hunch about that family. I am so devastated for Jazz because the bottom surgery was already done. My heart hurts thinking of the detransition journey for anyone after that😢
I love Ritchie. He’s so well informed and has a very calming way of speaking. My heart breaks for him, they are just mutilating these poor people and then casting them aside.
Is his accent Irish?
Northern English
The most painful to me is the glamour of it all, imagine peeing yourself, being in constant pain - and still feeling like you have to make your appearance look more female with the wig and the makeup before you go out. This has become an allegory for fixing whats on the outside and locking away the inner problems in shame
This is probably why 70% of transwomen do NOT get bottom surgery. They still have their appendages intact. That's reason why they should not be housed in women's prisons or admitted to girls'/women's showers though. Very difficult position to be in.
@@goodwork887 Not having a penis will not stop an transvestite from having sex with women either or preying upon them and others….
@@goodwork887 So you would want a trans man in women's bathrooms.....?
@@tativoguez Trans men will be less safe in men's bathrooms
@@tativoguez No. Their own. As many men's prisons do.. I hate the prison culture that is here in the United States. Massive reforms are needed.. however there are men's prisons that already keep Transwomen separate from the men population that could be done in a woman's prison very easily. But putting transwomen in with biological women in prison absolutely not. Same as sports.
My nurse grandmother who is now 84 years old always told me that there is no such thing as an easy or simple surgery. There are always risks to even minor surgery. She would always say this in the context of conversations about plastic surgery and warned me that it wasn’t a good idea. I cannot believe we do this to people except for in drastic scenarios with lots of therapy and it should still be a last resort. Uhhhgg…sad…
What's sad is people who are being told they were born in the wrong body is ludicrous..our heavenly Father created man and woman/ male and female, theres no mistakes..but then there's the liar and the Father of lies who's all about destruction and wanting to destroy God's creation..we are all created in GODS image,and he's a male. Not a female..Satan has been literally lieing to men,boys,women and girls and telling them that they were born in the wrong body..
When our heavenly Father created us,,he wanted male and female..and wanted us to inhabit the earth..habitation can't occur when there's mixed up and lied to people and living in a messed up abominational fallen from grace demonically influenced world on its way to the lake of fire!!!
"My nurse grandmother who is now 84 years old always told me that there is no such thing as an easy or simple surgery"
Asking a nurse about surgery is like asking a waiter about cooking.
Nurse: 16 months to 3 years of study
Surgeon: 10 to 14 years of study
@@sev7463 Nurses and technicians are the one who take care of the patient once the surgery has been completed (at least where I live). They are the ones who deal with the day-to-day aftermath and care for the patients during convalescence and should something go wrong at some point. Thinking that a nurse isn't mandatory to a good hospital, just shows you have probably not worked in the industry for long.
@@callmekirkland8 regarded?
She is absolutely correct. Even drawing blood can quickly turn problematic.
Whenever I hear about males having penile inversion I literally shiver. I feel so bad for them. It sounds like a terrible surgery 😮.
Female bottom surgery is just as brutal. These surgeries are very invasive.
@@Yasmine-mm1yc that's why gender Dysphoria should be considered a mental illness for anyone who voluntarily does that to their body. That's literally paid self mutilation and sterilization. That person needs mental help
My trans sister in law was brother in law. Had the surgery said it was the most painful thing ever and she still has pain has a lot of pain and s$x is painful.
@@mamaboz I hope your trans sister gets better sending prayers :)
@@Tee-kc3pnit is in the DSM-5
At last a video showing two people talking and listening to each other about this madness. Showing honesty and care and courage to speak the truth. Keep going.
They’re both Trans so are very knowledgeable about the topic.
Should be mandatory to watch this before transitioning and having bottom surgery.
Yes because I would have tapped out at female loss of estrogen and link to altzimers.
Ban bottom surgery for both sexes. The lesbians who go through it are all mutilated badly.
Yes I wish that young transitioning people would have to watch stories like this. It would make people think twice.
I'm so grateful that I was born in the 1970's instead of the 2000's because I was a very effeminate little boy who would get in trouble for putting on girls' clothes. If I had born in the 2000's, myself and my parents would have been told I was trans and I would have gone through a similar hell as this. Thank you for telling your painful story, Ritchie. And thank you for suing. They won't listen to any of us, but they might listen to people like you.
I was born in 1999 it was good but I feel like it got worser in 2020 but I graduated school in 2018 it wasn’t that bad. Everything got worser when I graduated.
Not if your parents were God fearing people. They'd know that you need to mature and learn not to displease God in that fashion, by wearing girls clothes.
@@JeffDeanTheDeanZone I believe in god I am A Christian but I don’t agree with christians who try to force there believes on to another people. I respect the lbgtq even through I am straight. But a lot of sins are made up by Priest and churches to Control people god is love he is not meant to be feared that what churches and people do a lot sins are made up I just say that. Smoking cussing. Alcohol Is a sins but everyone does it’s all bullshit. It’s say in Bible a gate way to hell is to not die with guilt. You have to die knowing you live your best life. And love is not a sins who you love and love was god idea and lbgtq is not mentioned in the Bible it’s made up by churches and by people. People want Control another people. Or watching something is a sins people sins everyday every single day. God forgive your sins so don’t listen to church or Priest Jesus Didn’t like priest they killed him. A church is god home but people have turn it into controlling and fear they say you should fear sins. But they don’t tell you sins are forgiven everyday don’t be scared of sins and don’t listen to Priest or church it’s made up. Also god doesn’t send you to hell it’s how you live here on earth decide that and Church won’t tell you that the Bible has been changed up and rewritten multiple time. The original version of the Bible is the Kings James Bible that the original Bible
That's not really what goes on. Plus you know there were transsexuals in your day right? In fact there were some who thought you could raise a kid to be any gender that it was all learned etc. That was BS. You just aren't trans.
Me too. I was a super tomboy, but grew out of it.
Ritchie is very charismatic. Super magnetising. Would like this very articulate person on their own programme.
I agree! He’s amazing!
And extremely intelligent... ❤
This sounds like a HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE. I'm so sorry you went through this....
Blaire mentioned in her earlier interview with Shapeshifter that upon hearing these horror stories, she is incredibly relieved she didn’t have bottom surgery. I don’t blame her. It’s probable a significant amount of those trans-women - men who have been castrated are suffering terribly in silence - both physically and psychologically.
This is absolutely devastating. To think people want to silence these voices and traumatic stories is reprehensible.
They don’t want to silence them. They just shouldn’t be used as a “See? This is what happens when you transition.” You realize successful transition voices are silenced and /mocked by the right, correct? Even people in Blaire’s own comment sections. Neither should be silenced or mocked. And their stories should be shared in good faith.
Boomers: “I can’t believe I wore bellbottoms”
Gen-X: “I can’t believe I wore my hair like that”
Millennials: “I can’t believe I was a goth/emo”
Gen-Z: “I can’t believe I cut my dick off”
As a cis woman new to your platform, thank you. This shit is wild. I am doing a deep dive and it is so horrific i have to shy away sometimes. So grateful youre making all yalls voices heard.
Rotchie should stop apologizing for talking so much. We're all here because we want to hear his story, and he's saying some incredibly interesting things
Agreed but I do the same thing. It's a habit for people like us bc we've been told our entire lives that we talk too much & put down for it. It's honestly exhausting.
Exactly what I came to say. It breaks my heart every time I hear a “I’m sorry for rambling on”, “I’ll try to get to the point here”, “I’ll cut this as short as I can.” Etc. No!!! Ramble on as much as you can and want to babe!
Agree - no apology required. Society has a warped view of masculinity or femininity. It’s not physical. I hope that no biological woman - or man - will ever think that they need to change their physical self unless it is life-or-death. Gender is potentially passé? If you need to change the physical - sure ok but plenty of straight people undergo body changes. You - do - you - Boo. I know that I am shortsighted and I am looking forward to next steps.
What a corner we’ve backed ourselves in to. History will recognize and appreciate ppl like Blair, I feel.
I 100% believe that her and Benjamin Boyce have done a lot to let detranstioners speak at a time no one else will.
Absolutely, she's been vital, and lovely af🖤
And these first voices to really start speaking out, the detransitioners… their strength and intelligence, the way they are willing to share these extremely painful and personal experiences with a world including activists who push back in such terrible ways…
They will be remembered as heroes. Kiera Bell, shapeshifter, the many voices on Benjamin Boyce’s channel who have been talking for years now. These people are vital to changing this horrible destructive ideology.
@@minuishaq631 I agree Benjamin Boyce has been a champion of giving a voice to those harmed for life from this ideology. He has been posting videos of their stories for several years now, and also has given a voice to so many women who don’t get a chance to talk about this subject and their concerns for women’s rights and the conflict with gender ideology anywhere else. He has been essential in bringing information to the masses, I wish his channel had 100x more subscribers! As many as Blaire bless her heart!
@@GDRaptorFan13 yes I feel confident in directing detranstioners to "the boyce of reason" because he just let's them tell their stories without trying to put words in their mouth or push any narrative on to them. Just respect listening and quiet compassion.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE ARE DOCTORS OUT THERE DOING THESE BOTTOM SURGERIES TO HUMANS..
Thank you so much for giving detransitioners a platform, Blaire. It is a terrifying thing for people to come out and say that they have made a mistake, especially one as serious as this. I think trans people are "supposed" to hate detrans because they are terrified that they will grow to regret their decisions too. There are things that I regret that are permanent - some of my tattoos for an example. I am so glad that there are compassionate people like you. You are an amazing woman, Blaire 😊
I feel for this young man so much as his life will never be 'normal', he is such a lovely open person ,I hope he finds someone to help him. The fact he described himself as a eunuch really made me cry for him
Exactly, literally eunuchs in life were not even considered humans, they were either above or below humankind, mutilated people, people who were punished, people who were robbed of something that belonged to them. Their lives forever tarnished and ended. They could still live, but most of them chose lives of closure and solitude due to their mutilations… how fucking sad this is happening again in the 21th century…
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And he does it so casually as if it's just normal now
DOCTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NEED SUING THEY ARE DESTROYING LIVES BEFORE THEY HAVE BEGUN
He's a good guy. He might be a eunuch but he's got bigger balls than most people.
It's a fucking tragedy what has been done to him in the name of ideology based on the work of an insane pedophile like John Money.
Hopefully when the pendulum swings back and society wakes everyone who has been subjected to this barbarism will get justice and the quacks that did it will be tried for Crimes Against Humanity.
As a 66 year old woman who had a complete hysterectomy with a total of 4 procedures done at that time... bladder sling, rectal as well as vaginal prolapse repairs along with the removal of uterus and ovaries... AND... having complications afterwards, I can't even FATHOM choosing as a young adult to go through such trauma. I've had residual effects for the past 10 years including the loss of sensation and pain, not only during intercourse but just in everyday life. My (once active) sex life has been set aside for years now, despite my emotional desire. I have nightmares from all of this. All this to say, please don't ever think that such invasive surgery is a walk in the park. My heart goes out to the young people 💔 😢
Thank you for helping people. I hope you gain a better quality of life since you take the time to help others avoid this kind of trauma.
My gramma still has nightmares from back when she had to have radiation and a hysterectomy she says she always dreams of being like a turkey on a table surrounded by blurry faces being pulled apart and hollowed out and then stuffed, all by a bunch of aggressive rough hands
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They Go in without füll information.. they are only sold the good Part of IT
Thank you for sharing. I'm in tears for you. I have been taking extra hormones to shrink cysts and fibroids. I've done all these procedures , short of getting a hysterectomy. These stories have opened my eyes to see if I'm better off with a few cysts and fibroids vs getting an evasive surgery.
Blair watching you hold back tears was heart wrenching! I’m sure on some level, even if you don’t regret your transition, you resonate with this young man and know what he is going through.
I love Ritchie. I could listen to him for hours. Smart, articulate, and a very sweet soul. I hate what was done to him, but I'm so glad he's chosen to speak out about it and try to help as many people as he can. I wish him the best in life, I truly do.
As a60 year old, I remember when they said that giving sexual castration pills to predators in prison WHO WANTED IT was against their civil rights
@@micheleh5269 Unfortunately in the upside-down world we live in now, nothing makes sense anymore.
@@micheleh5269 oh wow.
What was done to him? Really?
We all have choices that we make in our lives, and I do feel for him. That being said, too many people who are having difficulty with the complexity of coming to terms with their self identity often look for an escape.
Being transgender is not a choice, it's who you are. And far too many individuals think that they themselves are transgender are simply misinterpreting their own biological changes as they move through the natural development from childhood to adulthood. Which in itself is a challenge to any young person and they often develop a second self or shadow self to protect themselves from any mental harm that is experienced in life. Sometimes it can be a positive change but lately so many people are receiving the wrong information of what it is to be truly transgender.
@@angiedjenkins5570 You literally just answered your own question.
Blaire looks absolutely heartbroken. She’s so incredibly empathetic. How can anyone say she’s hateful. This channel is single handedly saving our generation.
High key 🥺
Right? I'm always amazed how much she cares for people. She truly wants to help people. Pure goodness and desire to help people, to help them heal, to help them not make mistakes so they don't suffer. So much pure love and care for people. Unbelievable how much hate she gets and gets called a hater and someone who ruins things. When she's helping, while those who claim they're the ones who are opening doors foe people and helping them be themselves, but convincing them to completely change their body's, by surgeries, cutting body parts off to hr themselves, and Blair is trying to help people to not make mistakes that they can't fix after, because they believed people that claimed their problems will be fixed if they do that to their bodies.
Sorry for ranting, but I wanted to say I support your opinion. Blair is amazing. I'm gender critical, but people like Blair fully respect and will call and see her as she wants. As a she. Love Blair
Blaire white always bringing up common sense and good points, shes self aware and not delusional, sure she does have a bunch of flaws despite plenty of misinformation she had done just to make a content content and a bully. But i'd say shes still flawed, but shes still working on herself to become a better creator and help people and the youth which i support that
@@margaritamarunyak6269 people who help often get that, because they can be a sign that there is a problem in places where people for whatever reason do not want that it is public knowledge that there is an problem
Agreed. I noticed this also. 😔🙏
I feel terrible for this person and Blaire we can really see how this interview effected you. I really hope our medical community starts doing much better for these people.
My heart breaks for the pain and suffering you've been through. I'm so sorry you're going thru this
Bottom surgery is one of the worst ideas.
It's not necessary, it's high maintenance, and it's honestly gross - and the mutilation is heartbreaking.
Calling it mutilation makes us all transphobes.
It's also the most profitable aspect for the medical practitioners
@Catherine Ives have you tried self acceptance?
@Catherine Ives that’s good to hear, but I do hope you take into consideration the possible ramifications.
@Catherine Ives see its very interesting that rhe first thing you say when asked about accepting yourself, you say you accept yourself as a trans person. Not you, not yourself without a label, you see yourself as trans. That's not accepting yourself, that's being ok with what you desire, but you don't accept yourself therefore you dream of changing your Body. And why? You feel thats the magic pill that will make you happy and will solve the problem and is what you're missing in your life and need in your life, that without it, your life is bad, not fulfilling, you're not fulfilled without it. Your whole mind works around rhe fact how much you don't accept yourself. It's a dream that it'll fix things
Bit the reality is that you will get what Richy got, you won't get your dream come alive, you'll obtain extreme amoind of problems with your body that you don't want to accept eight now, and your body will suffer so much after thaf you'll get further from accepting it. Because it won't be what u dream it will turn out like.
When you think of yourself, try not see yourself as a male, woman, trans, none of these words. But just you. A human, a person, not male, woman or trans. But you. You're a u. Try not to call yourself trans , but just me, I. Try to talk and see yourself as just human. Person, you without any labels or anything else. Just give it a shot.
It broke my heart when he said that if he goes on testosterone and gets a libido back, he'll want to kill himself. Extremely sad I really feel for this guy
Hormones are something so delicate and so important. I took birth control pills for like a month and the way I had so many changes to my brain. I was having horrible panick attacks out of no where and I had no idea it was because of the hormones I was taking. Now, just those pills havo so so many freaking side effects that can cause even death. There hasn't been enough studies about how these treatments affect different bodies long term. I can't believe we are not realising how we are literally guinea pigs to the farmacy industry.
TRY BEING TRANS FEMININE MAN ON TESTOSTERONE I WAS OFF MY ROCKER
I've avoided birth control hormones myself my whole life and still avoided pregnancy fine as well. If anyone sees this I recommend the spermicidal films and pulling out, period apps, if you want it raw 🤷🏼♀️
I quit taking the pill when I learned how unhealthy it is. This burden should not be put on women to harm their bodies in order to keep from having children. Men don’t have to suffer like that, unless maybe they get vasectomies. I don’t know if the side affects of that are comparable.
@@Eclectifying then don’t have sex. Vasectomies aren’t always reversible
@@Eclectifying there’s lots alternatives plus condoms
I am a biological and living female. I have stage 4 endometrial cancer. Estrogen feeds my cancer, I had a total radical hysterectomy which means I don’t even have ovaries. My body still makes a very small amount of estrogen in the pituitary gland so I was put on a man made progesterone to aid in eliminating that estrogen. I am suffering of severe menopause symptoms for over 11 years now. What ever you have heard of these symptoms was watered down. Hot flashes, cold sweats, because my hormones will be unbalanced until I die, I will suffer with this. I have debilitating fatigue to the point where I am 90% bed ridden. Mentally…. Nothing helps. Anti depressants don’t do anything as this is an imbalance of hormones… so I am doomed to live out the rest of what ever time that I have like this. It is hell on earth. My point is…. DONT FUCK WITH YOUR HORMONES! There is ALWAYS side effects that are debilitating. It’s much more than your outward appearance, what happens internally is beyond awful! You need balance in your hormones to function properly.
Yes, Definitely! When this whole transgender thing started to become more mainstream I always though it was such a bad idea to screw with your hormones like that! I'm sorry you are going through what you are going through with your cancer. I hope you find something that eases the discomfort.
I’m a plain ol’ cis female, struggling with early menopause in my early 40’s. I’ve never appreciated so much how sensitive our bodies are to hormones, and I never knew how much they affect every part of our physiology and mental health until I experienced the effects of it myself. Seeing doctors hand out hormones like it’s no big deal to adults, not to mention kids!!!, is absolutely shocking to me now that I know firsthand how much we are affected by even slight variations in different hormone levels. To put out the message that we can just “pause” puberty, or later reverse the changes made by using hormones for a while, is completely insane. Doctors take an oath to do no harm and messing with the hormones of physically healthy children or adults is blatantly harmful.
Same, my hormones levels have caused me a lot mood and other problems. Hormones are powerful and interconnected, and also aren't all that well understood...yet.
Serious question.. Why do you refer to yourself as cis?. How about just female
Stop saying cis!!!! It's silly and feeds into the hysteria. We already have a word - biological.
Why on earth are you using the word cis to describe your body?!
@@kezzokav5905 just female will do! There is no other way to be female other than biologically
All the teens starting their transitioning journey should see stories like this. They are not getting complete picture of decisions they are taking now that are permanent.
I wrote to Jan Morris almost fifty years ago and she advised me to 'Take your time'. She was right. I did and it worked out alright. But there are obviously lots of those out there who rush into things, don't fully understand what they are getting into, and regret it. Act in haste, repent at leisure should be the moral for this.
It should be required before getting the surgery, the way they used to make us watch an abortion baby killer video before we could get an abortion!!! Afterwards if you still want to have it you can do that but alot of people decide it's not the right decision.
I am not part of the trans community, however I have been involved in training programmes to help trans women get an education in the beauty industry to help them find better, long lasting jobs. I met many of them at different transitioning points, and the experiences they shared varied from happy-ending to nightmare-ish. This was truly enlightening. Ritchie is so articulate and raises so many issues that need to be resolved, while Blaire is so respectful and supporting. A delight to watch, I hope there will be a second part of this interview.
My daughter's therapist actually shamed me and tried to use s**cide rates in trans people whose parents don't support their transition(a stat that we all know is bunk) to try to force me to support my 15 year old's (at the time) transition. She was begging me for top AND bottom surgery, starting trans related fights with me all the time, pressuring me for blockers and T, and telling me that all my actual memories of her growing up as a girl were all forced on her and we all just had it wrong all along. All while being told by her therapist that I was the problem, and it would essentially be my fault if she did something to hurt herself. The minute she told me she was trans, I started doing my own research, and I terrified myself with stories like this one. The therapist wasn't having any of it. I love my kid, and I KNOW my kid, and she isn't a boy! She loved her dresses and playing in my heels. She loved the color pink and wanted long hair like "Tangled" (Rapunzel). She loved playing barbies and dolls. There was never a question one about being a boy or feeling like a boy or why am I not a boy. Not a single one. But I've got her telling her that we (society) forced all of that on her and her therapist was right there to confirm that for her. We left that therapist and went to someone new who had been in mental health for a long time, and it made a world of difference. They made a point of addressing her other issues (adhd, dep/anxiety, ocd) and not putting any focus on her being trans. She is still identifying and presenting as a boy, but she isn't so completely ruled by it and has stopped defending it so viciously. I hope that she realizes how dangerous this can be and that it isn't just a trend on tictok to feel relevant. This decision and these irreversible surgeries take deep soul searching and intense research that I just don't believe kids and teens are capable of ESPECIALLY with other untreated issues on board.
I guess the point I'm making is to say that the mental health field is not above pressuring and using shame tactics to force parents who are reluctant to comply.
Praying for your family 🙏🏻
@@sjm9876 Thank you!
I just want to say that as a conservative, Christian woman who has been very minimally exposed to the trans world, I really appreciate you sharing your story. I have so much compassion for you. Thank you for sharing your experience. Thank you for standing up for children. I’m so sorry you went through this but you are doing the best thing you can do by sharing your story and warning people. My heart goes out to you and for all those who are hurting and going through this.
Amen
@Wilma KOvacs MN m
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Same! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Educating young children who are considering transitioning about the internal differences between male and female biology and anatomy:all systems of the human body, especially endocrine, reproductive, might help support informed decisions. Thank you for your honesty, both of you.
It’s absolutely horrifying what Vanderbilt has been doing here in Nashville to children regarding transitions! And the fact that they lie about it too.
I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING BUT NO ONE LISTEN FEMININE MEN ARENT WOMAN AND MASCULINE WOMAN ARENT MEN
Just the thought of penile inversion surgery makes me cringe. Ritchie, what you went through was wrong and the doctor or doctors should be held accountable. I do know this though, you are a brave and gentle soul and you are very wise for your age. Stay strong and positive
I'm watching Blaire holding it together, being so professional - must have been tough, honey. This is one of the best interviews you've done, and Ritchie is so effing together and honest and interesting - I'm just "wow", with a heavy heart,, and hoping for good things, and grateful to be with you both for a bit. Thanks for this.
It’s crazy because they have been talking about bottom surgery for at least 2 decades saying it’s so easy and works so well. They used to say “you can keep all your penis nerves, of we’ll use sensitive skin so you’ll still have such a groovy sex life!” I never trusted that, and hearing people’s stories now it’s crazy! How could they take $$$ from people and give them a surgery that is so problematic?
Because they value money above people's well-being.
And that's male to female. I've read some papers on female to male bottom surgery and there is a pretty high rate of complications, total failure of the process and even death from infections.
You can't speak for all people who have gone through that surgery... I have and I'm fine! I'm happy... The problems aren't trans people going through this surgery the problem is people who aren't actually transgender... 😕 It took me years of therapy before I could have my surgery.
@@V-A-L-A-K Not just the people who aren't actually trans but also legit trans people absolutely need to be informed about the risks, stats, data, the lifelong dependency on meds, the permanence. It worked for you but there are so many trans people who had serious complications or for whom the surgery failed completely (for example tissue rejection in female to male bottom surgery, failed surgery, disfigured genitals and giant scars on the legs/butt where the tissue was taken from etc.).
Yes, and your body keeps trying to close up the "new" hole, because the body sees the hole as an opened wound!!! These doctors and medical facilities lied for years, saying that they weren't prescribing drugs and performing surgeries on minors, but now they're LOUD and PROUD about the treatment and surgeries because it's become BIG BUSINESS for these facilities!!!!
Hormones are important for a healthy body. Menopausal women know this. We really need to talk to and listen to our female elders and not treat them with scorn. Lack of estrogen causes weak bones, mood imbalance(women get more aggravated with less estrogen), hot flushes and brain chemistry changes. Dementia is the icing on the cake here. Introducing it to the male body is not a great idea. Testosterone ravages the female body and causes vaginal astrophy and possible sterilisation. Dr's must layout the consequences of this and people need to know what they are signing up for. Kids should not be given hormones. They need to be an adult to make these decisions.
They cling on Klinefelter folks and those males need testosterone to prevent testicular and breast cancer, which is a great risk for a male with high estrogen (which is the case in this condition). The same for trans women, even for biological women with high estrogen or contraception pills and certain hormone receptor mutations.
My ovaries were cut in half at 17 due to a 15lb tumor on one & a golf-ball sized one on the other. Thus I’m going through early menopause… but in this messed up process taking ten years now… & god it’s awful. It’s awful how we treat older women. I hate how women lose value while men gain it. In appearance. In their careers. It’s so messed up. & then most are going through menopause too on top of all of society’s bullshit.
Unfortunately, when people are stuck in the opsessive ' I want a transition because my life will be wonderfull and magical', they are not open to recieve this type of information. They are often very young and are not capable of understanding the repricautions of their immediate actions in a society primed for instant gratification. This is why laws are needed.
@@a.evelyn5498 "I hate how women lose value while men gain it" Maybe they should capitalize on it when they have it, instead of frittering it away. You can hate it all you like, never fight biology, you will always lose. Nobody sheds any tears over the disposable and invisible 20 year old men; why should the flip side be any different.
Many women are diagnosed for the first time with depression &/or anxiety, only to turn out it's the menopause. The menopause causes mental health problems & a whole host of physical health problems, the body is complicated & medical professionals tend to want to oversimplify them. Women are constantly dismissed & belittled, older ladies (& thos with abnormal hormones) have valuable information about how it affects them but few are actually willing to listen.
I loved this interview, you can really see and hear how intelligent Ritchie is. I bet I'd enjoy talking to him as well. The "rambling" wasn't annoying, they were my favourite bits.
Absolutely heart wrenching. I feel so much for Ritchie and everyone else who’s had even a single bad experience with HRT. AND SURGERIES.
I cannot believe how informative this was and how educated Ritchie is on this whole situation. I was pleasantly surprised and I learned so very much more than I previously knew of, and told my husband so much of what I just learned by watching and listening to them talk here.
Isn't this the definition of a cult? shunning people for talking about things they will expose issues, forcing people to act/say/accept things that they DON'T agree with..etc...
PLENTY HONEST OLDER TRANS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING FEMININE MEN ARENT WOMAN NONONE LISTENING
F M Yes!
And it’s not just a surgery. They become a patient for life! 💰💰💰
Poor Blaire, shes trying so hard not to cry. Such a good heart.
I see that! Holding back the tears!
HE.
Yeah also feel bad he is vaping. Clearly there is something internally happening that’s in turmoil
Blaire shouldnt hit the vape while listening to richies testimony. Even though its instinct for a vaper
@@icytimboslyce7939Ughs…. It’s honestly one of the worst addictions.
I love the way you let your guest speak without interruptions, except to say something meaningful..TY You're a great person! 😊
I have a bladder condition and had a botched surgery to treat it. The chronic pain has been devastating to my life. Please, please be careful with surgery options.
I am so sorry you have to go through that.
I'm a straight woman- so no dog in the fight- but I recognize the invaluable importance of this conversation. What you are doing is so important and I'm confident you are saving lives. Trans people and parents need access to this vital information ❤
Exactly. These stories need to be visible. For the good of everyone. 💗
Because you're straight you have the most say in this.. You're the one who will reproduce, the future will impact your kids, not theirs, because they can't have children. So how society operates should be decided by those who will leave children behind, not the ones who live for themselves..
British tax payers do have a 'dog in the fight'. In the UK these surgeries are paid for by the UK tax payer. The ongoing surgeries to remedy these issues are also footed by the tax payer too.
@@ThatNorwegianGuy- exactly. I've heard a reddit story that was read by Candace when she tackles about a liberal mother who transition her young son to be a woman.
It gone horribly wrong and the transson was disappointed not to experience orgasm during sex.
It's the first time I've heard these doctors can use the colon to act as vagina which is literally horrified me. 😔
I feel bad for that transwoman and how I wish parents should stay away from transitioning their own child.
Let them explore.
Let them search for their own.
Well you're paying for Blair's surgeries and hormones to look like a Bratz doll so yeah... You do have a say.
overwhelming😪. thanks a lot for raising the awareness and how serious this is, and also in the long run for mental health... THANK YOU!
The honesty and integrity in Ritchie is something else. What a wonderful person ❤️
First time I've ever heard about the early onset dementia thing. It is amazing how much of the dangers of this they hide, what happened to the medical community? My grandmother just passed 2 weeks ago following a battle w Alzheimers and as her primary caretaker I assure u it is absolute hell that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, for this not to be explained to patients is just infuriating to me.
I just recently saw reports that menopause before age 40 is linked to early onset dementia. The reproductive organs and biological hormones are vital for healthy bones and bodies.
So sorry for your loss. I lost mine a couple of days ago. Hope you're doing well!
My heart breaks for Ritchie. I feel the medical community is using vulnerable people as guinea pigs to experiment with, the risks be damned.
THE FACT THAT MALE FEMALE IS BIOLOGY AND NOT A FEELING I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THAT. FEMININE MEN MASCULINE WOMAN NEED ACCEPTANCE NOT CONVERSION
I have no words just tears, just tears, lots of tears and hurt for these who have been so terribly misguided who should have been sheltered and protected at all cost by their parents.
What a fantastic interview. He’s such a great speaker and talking on such important points. My heart aches for what he is going through, it’s heart breaking.
What. The. Hell.
This is horrible.
What a nightmare.
How is our society allowing this???
The people who are pushing this and hiding all of this need to be held accountable.
What. Monsters.
When you watch TV in the U.S. you quickly realize that pharma-companies are who create the "programming" that you consume. Think about it....
@@muppelmuh1445 "Gender roles are more rigid now than they were in the 60s and 70s"
I am absolutely fascinated by your theory, would you mind elaborating on that please?
I had a radical hysterectomy before the age of 30. A provider convinced me that my uterus and ovaries were the cause of my sudden and prolonged cycle issues. It turns out my thyroid was the culprit. My T3, T4, and TSH levels were in disarray. I amputated a part of me that I cannot get back. I immediately went straight into menopause and all the symptoms that come with it. I have been on unmanaged HRT since my surgery, and I was never warned about the side effects. I learned more in the first few minutes of this interview than from any provider.
I'm shocked they did that actually. I've mostly heard that even women with severe endometriosis and other extreme issues were always being denied a hysterectomy because "what if you change your mind and want a baby?" And they would also try and demand your husband approve it or make sure you already have a gaggle of kids. As if they should have a say it what your priorities are.
@@h.s.6269 In my case, no. I did not require my husband's permission. The doctor, who was a female, said I need to either use it or lose it. I stated that my husband and I had decided that another baby wasn't in the picture. Since my reproductive system was the "problem" it was the end all be all. I believed her. When the procedure was complete she stated nothing was remarkable and everything looked healthy... I was devastated and still am.
Oh my gosh I am so sorry
@@jlinjeannepowell Thank-you
Thank you for a kind, sensitive, empathetic, approach to a difficult subject. I hope both of the speakers find peace in their lives.
He is such an amazing human being. I’m so happy I’ve been exposed to this interview, it’s great to have this information! Thank you Richie ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm 67, F, retired, new nothing of transgender issues, spent last 5 years educating myself. I'm still learning. Ritchie, I'm sorry you are now compromised in your sex life and sex drive. That must be very hard for you. I send you my best wishes for your journey forward.
As an older woman, it's sad to see young people have issues with their bodies. Youth is when one should enjoy his body.
Gender dysphoria sucks
@@alexh6767 sorry that you have to experience that. Please consider prayer with GOD. And may He heal you. GOD bless. Please take care of yourself. Dont let the world tear you down.
I so agree. Once you hit a certain age it starts to fall apart and you pine for your youth and my heart breaks for this brave young man. I hope he helps to save a confused child out there who is having second thoughts.
Yes I am a Christian Conservative, but honestly my heart goes out to these individuals. I was crying while listening to this. Asking God to remind me to always see them as people first and look past the politics that go along with "Transgenderism" in general. Your heart can harden real quick towards them, when you only hear the radicals. This was a good reminder to soften my heart. Even when we dont agree with it.
Dear Proud, I share your concerns. My youth wasn’t a fairytale - And my self-esteem was not in the clouds. But it was a time of hope, enjoyment, lots of activity, a sense of being 10 ft. Tall… But most of all, PEACE from not being propagandized by thousands of crazy voices seeking to influence me.
Richie, you need to become a doctor. You have the genius for it, and you are still young, but you would help SO many kids!!! OMG, you could change the world in a very real way...
One of the most important interviews I've heard for a long while. RESPECT! Wow..
I'm so glad that Blaire has made this project podcast. Blaire if it wasn't for you in 2015 to 2016 finding you I would have been on hormones and have gotten the surgery by now. It is thanks to you that I worked out my actual problems instead of covering it up with a very dangerous infectious bandaid. You are truly an advocate and an icon for the real transcommunity and not whatever this is right now. Which to me looks a lot like coerced sterilization of the mentally ill.
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How on Earth do you gently talk to/ stop a 17 Year girl who is trying to start T with Rapid Onset dysmorphia... WHAT SITES , IF ANY SUPPORT QUESTIONING....
@@shaec3405 I'm so sorry for whoever in your life is going through this... When I was a teen I was so obsessed with my "identity" as a lesbian, that I ruined my relationship with my Christian mother. I thought she hated me at the time... But really she just loved me enough to tell me the truth, and never lie to me. I dated trans individuals, but luckily never went that route myself.
I'm now happily married to a man and trying to start a family, I also found the Lord 😊.
I know that in the case of taking hormones, that's a little different because of the physical consequences... But seeing as 17 going on 18 yr olds are going to do whatever they are going to do... The best advice I can give is to never stop loving, and letting your love be known. Always tell the truth, and don't cave on your morals. Be a strong role model in your own life, and eventually the person will hopefully recognize that.
Pray that the consequences of the person's decisions lead to repentance and that they return with forgiveness and love in their heart towards you.
I would also ask lots of probing questions, rather than just making statements. Try to get this person to discover the truth on their own. For example: "okay so you're really serious about these hormones huh? Well how about together, we can look into the side effects of these treatments, (Blaire's videos are also good resources) and when you're 18 if you're still convinced this is the right path for you, you can go that route."
Sometimes the only way to know that you're wrong, is to face the consequences of bad decisions.
@@shaec3405 Shoot, my comments seem to keep getting eaten. I purposefully did not put links in the comment. I hope you can see the comment in your notifications. Sometimes they show up there but not in the comments section.
I never thought of it that way until now. Thank you for making that point.
I say it all the time. Detransitioner stories are IMPORTANT. They NEED to be told, they need to be heard, and they need to be considered, ESPECIALLY by people who are trans or think they might be trans. If anything they help us to consider aspects and positions and angles we may not have thought about before and either change our minds or further confirm how we feel. NO ONE's opinion is more important than anyone else's, and while I understand the frustration people feel at hearing 'what about the detransitioners?' when they're moving forward with their own transition, how it feels like one's existence, feelings, and decisions are being undermined by it, it's still VERY important to think about. Changing one's mind shouldn't be condemned, just as not changing one's mind shouldn't be condemned.
It's SO hard to find balanced information about bottom surgeries for both transwomen and transmen. How often complications arise, what those complications are, how they affect one's life. It's encouraged for people to not ask about it because it's so personal, and yes, it is personal, but it's also something that needs more light shone on it. There's so much information being withheld on top of so much that isn't even known, and we're not told that it isn't even known, it's just glossed over, if mentioned at all.
There is so little information out there about what happens with transitioning. What the results of certain procedures are. What the long-term effects of things can be. We're pretty much expected to do our own research and learn everything on our own if not just go with whatever little information doctors deign to give us, often because they aren't informed themselves. Hell, the last doctor involved in my transition wasn't even researched in it! And she admitted it! And people are going forward with transitioning in this dearth of information? OF COURSE we're going to have more detransitioners!
Detransitioners aren't saying people shouldn't transition. They're talking about their own experiences and what they weren't told, didn't think about, and were lied to about. What they didn't consider. The decisions they made that they found were wrong for them. The things that others should think about before their own transition in order to avoid the mistakes that were made.
Thank you Ritchie for speaking out, and thank you Blaire for having him on. I hope we can hear MORE detransitioner stories in the future, and ultimately have LESS of them forced to exist. Not to mention ALL of them are no longer demonised.
There shouldn't be "transitions". Never should be option to mutilate a healthy body to encourage mental disorders.
It is similarly good idea if we would say to a scizophrenic person that what he see and hear is true. Or better, lets print extra ID cards for people with multiple personality disorder.
If every cell in your body is either male or female, you are either man or woman. End of story, and the sorry attempt to resemble the opposite sex with agressively interfering into the healthy body's functions is dreadful.
Thank you Ritchie and Blaire, for putting this out there. It takes so much courage. I hope that many thousands will see it, and not rush in with their eyes closed, whatever they choose.
"You can't transition from male to female and then back to male. I never because a female, and I'm not going back to male. I took hormones and had surgery, that's it."
Boom! Reality. Oof. We need more of that on this issue. That said, you can 'live as [insert identity here]' and that should be fine, you're an individual you do you, but you will never actually be that thing - though you may have shared experiences. None of that means you should be bullied, nor should you be mislead or even lied to by those who "support" you.
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HOLY S**T...
The repeated pressure to have such a destructive surgery is insane 😤
These people need a sturdy ground and the medical and scientific community should be reliable for that stability, but it's not and this is exactly why. They are too busy virtue signaling to offer objective common sense advice - like: no, you should not cut your hotdog off.
I dunno. You're right. But I disclosed this to my therapist...hey, I can be trans and live my life and I won't ever have xx chromosomes and I won't be a natal woman. Still, what harm is there to be called she/her and if you don't wanna cool just don't demean me? Or to wear what clothes I want? Or wake up in a body that makes me happier so I can actually contribute to this society we live in and help actual people? By insisting at every turn that I will never be X you don't do anything much. Gender dysphoria doesn't disappear. If we can acknowledge that I can live as I want but ok I will never be X that would be better.
I don't trust Blaire...she's always on some omission half truth bs ad hominem all round. Even when she's right there's still a gap. Which is why I can listen to other gender criticals including my therapist and agree and assimilate and make my informed choice but not Blaire. She's a massive liar I'm sorry to say
This is exactly why we need to advocate more for mental health rather than transitioning. Transition should be the LAST option. Both of you are so brave for addressing this.
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I think a better thing to do than mental health, would be preventative care. Turn off your television and stop listening to the media. That will drive you crazy, and frankly, that's the main source of mental illness in the modern world.
AND HORMONES BECAUSE THEY ARE DANGEROUS SHOULD ONLY BE GIVEN LAST RESORT AND NOT AT THE REQUEST OF PATIENTS
It seemed this simple for a lot of people outside of the Trans community just years ago before the big explosion of mtf transition on social media platforms. I think since we were not trans ourselves it was assumed that we did not know what we were talking about. We are human though and know that messing around with hormones is very risky with no going back to normal.
Transitioning doesnt mean for everyone to get hormones or surgery. It means to come out as trans and needing to be accepted by your community