'I'm Going To Push On My Throat All Day Long So The Adam's Apple Won't Come Out'

Reviewing detransition lit for kids

“I’m going to PUSH on my throat ALL DAY LONG so the Adam’s apple won’t come out” - a panel from the graphic novel Trans to Detrans: A Soul Solution

Nicolas Blooms announced he was no longer ‘Nita’ in August of 2022 because “the trans issue has gotten so out of hand.” Posting a video for his small YouTube following six weeks into detransition, Nicolas confessed to feeling as though “I had killed a past version of myself, my inner child that enjoyed presenting as a feminine boy.” He had concealed his trauma by “identifying as a woman,” but the protective power of the lie was long gone. Nicolas had transitioned quickly at 18 and now he was finally growing up.

That video has been viewed more than 40,000 times now. In subsequent videos, Nicolas has acknowledged the role of internalized homophobia and called out the alleged professionals who never warned him that he would lose his sex drive. Connecting with relationship coach Kim O, he discovered that self-loathing is how children incorporate…