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Stories are medicine.

I remember the moment I realised I was detransitioning. In that special kind of warped mindset I was in during my years identifying as trans, I somehow didn’t even know you could detransition. Sure, I’d heard of stories of “transition regret”, but in the close confines of the trans community, they were seen as nothing but a weapon against trans people’s rights. Those weren’t real people with real experiences. I had completely suppressed the possibility.

Then one day, I typed the words regretting mastectomy in the search window and clicked enter. And wow did I enter: a whole world opened up, or crumbled under my feet, when I found all the stories.

I know the potency of reading about other people’s experiences. I know it can be the final nudge that gives someone the courage it takes to make the decision. And I know the catharsis of putting one’s own story into words.

I also know women who start identifying as trans aren’t a unique breed of women.

We’re just like any other woman, in a world where growing up as a girl and being a woman can be hard. So many women hate their bodies, don’t know how their bodies actually work, have experiences of abuse or bad relationships, self-hate, eating disorders — the list goes on. Medical transition is just one variation of Woman’s Experience, one end of a spectrum.

There are also so many stories of women finding their way back to themselves. Stories of women loving their bodies and experiencing the divine through themselves: in intimacy, pregnancy, birth, or just in everyday moments.

Here, you can share your story of being a woman in a woman’s body, whatever your experience is.

Your story can change the world. It deserves to be witnessed.