My Dalliance with Detransition

At the emotional low point of the pandemic, I tried becoming a woman again.

Photo by Martino Pietropoli on Unsplash

I. Summer

When I came out as trans in the summer of 2016, my then-boyfriend was irreproachably supportive. We had one heartfelt conversation about my identity, sitting on the couch in the night, then he shifted into using my new pronouns the very next…