Only cults treat apostates this way

> I am formerly trans. Why won’t Berklee let me share my story? - The Boston Globe

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/17/opinion/berklee-gender-identity-talk/

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Stories like mine are becoming common. More and more people of my generation are desisting and detransitioning, realizing that rejecting yourself at a cellular level is not the route to a happy life. I am one of the lucky ones. I never took cross-sex hormones or underwent irreversible surgeries. Unfortunately, this is something I cannot say of many of my friends, people like Ritchie Heron and Chloe Cole who do not have the option of moving on with their lives as if nothing happened.

Many of the same people who embraced us while we were trans, who are quick to condemn homophobia, have turned their backs on us, calling us “transphobes” and “TERFs” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist), sending threats, and comparing us to Nazis both online and in the street. It’s no wonder so few of us speak up.

Things started to go south on Oct. 15, when I started my promotional campaign with fliers and an Instagram post. I woke up the next day to more than 400 overwhelmingly negative comments on my post announcing the event. I was shocked: I had not expected more than 20 people to “like” my post and I didn’t expect to receive a torrent of hatred, threats of physical and sexual assault, and wishes for my death from my fellow Berklee students. I was targeted not just online but also in person. My first time back on campus after the post, several students yelled at me on the street, and others made snide comments about me when they passed by.