What effects is the transgender movement having on wider society?
Below are five big themes that surface again and again in detransitioned people’s stories. Each point keeps the focus on psychological, social, and cultural consequences only; no medical advice is offered or implied.

1. A brand-new, hyper-social “trans culture” has replaced the older, isolated experience
Ten years ago most people who felt gender dysphoria were on their own. Today there is a ready-made sub-culture with its own slang (“egg,” “transmasc,” “AFAB/AMAB”), on-line spaces, and fashion codes. “I was part of the old wave of trans, where I was isolated and on the fringe… this new culture… has made transgenderism a very social experience,” notes HazyInBlue source [citation:ae9a0687-25c2-4ac0-b23f-8c574c72265a]. Because gender-non-conforming style is now globally coded as “LGBTQ+,” many worry that if the movement loses cultural ground, ordinary tomboys or feminine boys will be caught in the backlash.

2. Social contagion is funnelling gender-non-conforming gay youth toward transition instead of toward self-acceptance
Feminine boys and masculine girls report that it is easier to “become” the opposite sex than to stay themselves in a society that still rewards rigid roles. “Internalised homophobia is becoming more and more of a thing… the trans ideology is teaching [feminine boys] that… they should instead become female,” writes DaddyAutonomous6944 source [citation:d061f3bb-2113-409d-beea-fe6932147397]. Several detransitioners call the phenomenon a “social contagion” or even a “cult” that recruits through on-line peer groups rather than through medical need.

3. The movement unintentionally reinforces the very gender stereotypes it claims to break
By insisting that any persistent non-conformity must signal an inner “gender identity,” activists rebuild the male = masculine / female = feminine wall they say they want to tear down. “Trans ideology will set us back from allowing for gender-diverse expressions,” warns keycoinandcandle source [citation:59d54fb9-ac93-4199-bae4-c9b861687d62]. Inside queer spaces, a new dominant binary of “trans man / trans woman” can replace the old one instead of dissolving it.

4. Cisgender gender-non-conforming people are getting swept into the conflict
Butch women report being challenged in public toilets; lesbians who decline to date trans women are labelled “trans-phobic.” “I’ve heard plenty of real women… getting kicked out of the women’s bathroom or just horrific mistreatment,” says Sissyfromhell source [citation:c3f35d79-aebc-439e-8c54-f03ed8f87ef5]. The result is that people who used to be seen simply as “tomboys” or “feminine boys” are now pushed to pick a label—often the medical one.

5. Lesbian, gay, and women’s-rights movements feel the whiplash
Older LGB people say the new focus on gender identity is erasing same-sex attraction and derailing feminism’s push for sex-based equality. “A group based on same-sex attraction has very little to do with gender identity,” argues SedatedApe61 source [citation:3a94c24c-ecd1-4020-957c-87ae8c8b4636]. Some fear that decades of progress in accepting homosexuality and non-conformity are now slipping backward for the first time since the 1950s.

Take-away
Across these stories, a single thread appears: when society swaps old gender boxes for shiny new ones, the people most likely to lose room to breathe are the very same gender-non-conforming kids, lesbians, and butch women who once led the fight to smash the boxes altogether. Listening to their experience—and protecting space for plain, old-fashioned non-conformity—offers a path that keeps identity open-ended without rushing anyone toward life-long labels or medical steps.