Confessions of a Detransitioner
Watch now | Jonni Skinner spent almost a decade on puberty blockers and hormones. Today, he’s still grappling with the medical advice he received when he was 13 years old.
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Playback speed×Share postShare post at current timeShare from 0:000:00/Generate transcriptA transcript unlocks clips, previews, and editing.PreviewConfessions of a DetransitionerJuly 1, 2026Maya Sulkin1HR 3MJonni Skinner spent almost a decade on puberty blockers and hormones. Today, he’s still grappling with the medical advice he received when he was 13 years old.TranscriptBeginning in the 2010s, medical transition for minors—puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, surgeries—went from rare to something closer to routine in a matter of years.Between 2017 and 2021, the number of American children diagnosed with gender dysphoria who began puberty blockers doubled. Between 2013 and 2020, the rate at which teenage girls underwent double mastectomies increased thirteenfold.
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