Detransition, a relatively recent phenomenon within academic discourse and mainstream media, refers to individuals who transition from the gender they transitioned into. Experiences of detransition, including those shared on social media, are poorly understood. Drawing upon narratives of gender detransition as shared on a global social media site, this analysis explores and seeks to better understand how detransition experiences are shared; and the effect of detransition narratives on gendered embodiment and belonging. Employing Butler’s (Undoing gender. Routledge, 2004) notion of livable lives and Crawford’s (Seattle J Soc Justice 8(2):515–539, 2010) conception of trans architecture, this analysis theoretically extends trans conversations to include discourses and narratives of detransition. A total of 130 archival posts by 36 contributors relating to detransition were collected from a popular global social media site where the engagement of reflexive thematic analysis contributed to the development of three themes: Contemplating transformation; Experiences of detransition; and Prominent discourses for detransition. Study findings suggest that detransition narratives expressed on this social media site demonstrate the multifaceted and complex ways in which non-normative gendered lives are rendered unlivable. In response, this analysis problematizes gender by conceptualizing detransition as a transformation toward a trans space outside a cisnormative frame contributing to making gendered lives more livable.

去变性是学术话语和主流媒体中一个相对较新的现象，指的是从他们所转变的性别转变的个体。人们对去过渡期的经历，包括在社交媒体上分享的经历，知之甚少。借鉴全球社交媒体网站上分享的关于性别变性的叙述，该分析探索并试图更好地理解变性经历是如何共享的；以及去过渡叙事对性别体现和归属感的影响。运用 Butler（Undoing gender. Routledge, 2004）的宜居生活概念和 Crawford（Seattle J Soc Justice 8(2):515–539, 2010）的跨性别建筑概念，该分析在理论上将跨性别对话扩展到包括去变性的话语和叙述. 从一个流行的全球社交媒体网站收集了 36 位贡献者总共 130 篇与去过渡有关的档案帖子，其中反思性主题分析的参与促进了三个主题的发展：考虑转型；去过渡期的经历；和突出的话语去过渡。研究结果表明，在这个社交媒体网站上表达的变性叙事展示了非规范性别生活变得无法居住的多方面和复杂方式。作为回应，该分析通过将去变性概念化为向顺式规范框架之外的跨性别空间的转变来使性别问题化，从而有助于使性别化的生活更加宜居。