Detransition is tied to three related but distinct concepts – the act of detransitioning, the ‘detransitioner’ identity, and the negative transition experience – which I refer to collectively using the umbrella term ‘detrans’. Detrans research is inevitably political and value-laden, but different methodologies and research questions lend themselves to divergent goals. Drawing on work in the feminist philosophy of science and transfeminist scholarship, I draw a conceptual distinction between research aligned with the goals of ‘preventing detrans’ vs. ‘supporting detrans’. Existing research has constructed detransition as a negative clinical outcome to be prevented because it has been focused on the causes of detrans and the detrans rate. Research associated with the goal of supporting detrans is defined by its focus on the experience and process of detrans itself. Research on preventing detrans constructs detrans as a divisive issue of zero-sum clinical risk, and it is not oriented toward helping people who detransition or who have a negative transition experience. Research on supporting detrans, in contrast, constructs detrans as an issue of inclusion and can be used to improve the medical and mental health care that detrans people receive. I argue that there is an urgent need for qualitative sociological research involving detrans people. I conclude with some broad guidelines for researchers studying detrans.

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不仅仅是“性别煤矿中的金丝雀”：一种跨性别主义研究去转型的方法

Detransition 与三个相关但不同的概念相关联——detransitioning 的行为、“detransitioner”身份和消极的过渡体验——我使用总称“detrans”来统称它们。Detrans 研究不可避免地涉及政治和价值，但不同的方法和研究问题会导致不同的目标。借鉴女权主义科学哲学和跨女权主义学术领域的工作，我在与“防止 detrans”与“支持 detrans”目标一致的研究之间进行了概念上的区分。现有研究将去反式构建为需要预防的负面临床结果，因为它一直关注去反式的原因和去反式率。与支持 detrans 目标相关的研究是通过其对 detrans 本身的体验和过程的关注来定义的。预防 detrans 的研究将 detrans 构建为一个零和临床风险的分裂问题，而不是面向帮助那些 detransition 或有负面转换经历的人。相比之下，关于支持 detrans 的研究将 detrans 构建为一个包容性问题，可用于改善 detrans 人们接受的医疗和心理健康护理。我认为迫切需要涉及反变性人的定性社会学研究。最后，我为研究 detrans 的研究人员提供了一些广泛的指导方针。并且它不是面向帮助那些去过渡或有消极过渡经历的人。相比之下，关于支持 detrans 的研究将 detrans 构建为一个包容性问题，可用于改善 detrans 人们接受的医疗和心理健康护理。我认为迫切需要涉及脱变性人的定性社会学研究。最后，我为研究 detrans 的研究人员提供了一些广泛的指导方针。并且它不是面向帮助那些去过渡或有消极过渡经历的人。相比之下，关于支持 detrans 的研究将 detrans 构建为一个包容性问题，可用于改善 detrans 人们接受的医疗和心理健康护理。我认为迫切需要涉及脱变性人的定性社会学研究。最后，我为研究 detrans 的研究人员提供了一些广泛的指导方针。