Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

What Detransition Taught Me About Identity

Alexander Linkowski on his detransition journey, informed consent, and the illusion of self

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Dr. Steven Hassan
Jun 15, 2026
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Detransitioning, a term for stopping, shifting, or reversing a gender transition, is a word that has been stripped of its human meaning by the political forces fighting over it. Last week, I shared my blog and conversation with Dr. Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, a trans researcher at York University whose landmark DARE study surveyed 957 people who had detransi…

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