Thursday, February 12, 2026

What I suffered being ‘transgender’

When I was 11, I began identifying as transgender. I had gone down a rabbit hole of websites and niche online forums. There I met a friend"an artist who was 14"whom I admired and looked up to. We both felt different, out of place in society. Born 10 years earlier, we would have been called tomboys. Instead, we writhed under the pressure of the "female role." The internet told us the logical conclusion of that struggle was to identify as boys. I come from a broken home. While my mother and stepfather always loved me, my stepfather became severely disabled when I was 3, leaving me feeling as though I had to raise myself. I eventually reached out to my biological father around a decade later. When he and my stepmother saw my distress"and were told by a psychiatrist that this distress was related to my transgender identity"they began to consider the benefits of affirming me in my transition.

Posted by BellRinger at 01:01 PM | 32 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

Were you better before or after, Bellringer?

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-12 01:56 PM

I've always suspected BullBringer is closeted Transgender.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-12 02:01 PM

It's one young woman sharing her experience. And it's a cautionary tale.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-12 03:13 PM

And it's a cautionary tale.

#3 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

No more than you are, son.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-12 05:56 PM

Poor ballwasher. Another tool who can't get over the fact they got tricked by a lady boy and liked it so they have to obsess over a topic entirely irrelevant to their lives.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-13 12:24 AM

JK Bellringer's obsession continues.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-02-13 12:27 AM

JK Bellringer's obsession continues.

Trolling? At 7 responses, this one is a loser.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-13 12:45 AM

His obsession with trans people.

#8 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-02-13 12:47 AM

69?

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 12:53 AM

69?

59 to go. Might need a bible study session.

#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-13 12:59 AM

"What I suffered being transgender'"

So what's your treatment for this suffering?

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-13 01:08 AM

what's your treatment for this suffering?

The doctors gave him a tampon to help manage his leaking cooze.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 01:14 AM

It's just fortunate for Trumpers that they have trans to obfuscate about rather than having to defend the criminal racist rapist traitor they put in the WH.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-13 06:57 AM

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-13 07:06 AM

Colorado Springs ...trans

Denver....trans.

Aberdeen....trans

Nashville....trans....

Philly....trans

Iowa.....trans

Canada...trans.

J6 bomber.....white male...if you ask Jake Tapper.

#15 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-13 10:29 AM

J6 bomber.....white male...if you ask Jake Tapper.

#15 | Posted by shrimptacodan

the ones they do cover....the lying mother truckers lie about it.

they lie about it because leftist on yellow blogs will suck it...... up.

#16 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-02-13 10:42 AM

BWAHAHA. Utterly pathetic

#17 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-13 11:10 AM

Not one of you read her story. I guarantee it.

#18 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-13 11:52 AM

#18

It's behind a f*****g paywall, idgit. When will you learn this? The f*****g WSJ is f*****g paywalled. This ain't the first time you pulled this s**t.

#19 | Posted by et_al at 2026-02-13 12:08 PM

f*****g paywall
The f*****g WSJ is f*****g paywalled.
this s**t.

^
What I suffered being 'paywalled.'
#19 | Posted by et_al
:)

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-13 12:12 PM

"I had gone down a rabbit hole of websites and niche online forums."

^
This is how you end up becoming a Groyper and shooting Charlie Kirk.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-13 12:14 PM

It's one young woman sharing her experience. And it's a cautionary tale.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger

Then put quotes around it. Not hard.

Yes, words matter. And who they come from.

Punctuation is a helluva drug.

#22 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-13 12:59 PM

" It's behind a f*****g paywall, idgit. When will you learn this? The f*****g WSJ is f*****g paywalled. This ain't the first time you pulled this s**t.

#19 | POSTED BY ET_AL AT 2026-02-13 12:08 PM | REPLY"

I found it at Realclearpolitics and when linked form that site I didn't encounter a paywall. You are acting like I do this on purpose.

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-13 01:18 PM

#19. I just clicked the link from the DR. Paywall information does pop up but I'm able to scroll past it.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-13 01:23 PM

I suppose I'm supposed to feel sympathy for her plight. I don't find myself feeling that, though. She's still using the terminology of being a victim. Something she's done her whole life. She just has someone else to blame, now. From her telling, horrible doctors that she's suing. She sounds damaged from very early on in her life and that continues to this day.

That part is sad.

#25 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-13 01:35 PM

You are acting like I do this on purpose.
#23 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Posting trolling threads in hopes of engagement?

You do it on purpose.

To Et_Al's point, I doubt you read the article you posted.

You most likely found it posted on X or facebook and C&P'd the linked article here on the DR.

If you want to get gender affirming surgery, go for it.

If you're happy with the gender you are born as, then don't.

Otherwise shut up about how others choose to live their lives.

Including people who do things and then later regret their decisions. Which, is a very human experience.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 04:07 PM

From her telling, horrible doctors that she's suing.
#25 | POSTED BY YAV

Suing for what? Performing the surgery she wanted?

Did the doctor botch the procedure?

Otherwise, the only person she can blame is herself.

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-13 04:10 PM

-Otherwise shut up about how others choose to live their lives.

So, we can expect you to shut up about how married people live their lives, raise their kids, practice their faith, and..........how they vote?

#28 | Posted by eberly at 2026-02-13 04:20 PM

If it affects me or my friends and family, then yes, you ------- retarded dumbass.

#29 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-13 07:52 PM

I found the part where medications were provided by a nurse practitioner that was attending the meetings and then becoming a care provider disturbing.However the USA is a for profit medical system so people are going to recruit patients much like pill mills and other profitable enterprises.

#30 | Posted by Scotty at 2026-02-14 10:59 AM

I found the part where medications were provided by a nurse practitioner that was attending the meetings and then becoming a care provider disturbing.However the USA is a for profit medical system so people are going to recruit patients much like pill mills and other profitable enterprises.

No more disturbing than providing treatment for someone with schizophrenia, cancer or other life-threatening diseases.

#31 | Posted by mattm at 2026-02-15 09:45 AM

" To Et_Al's point, I doubt you read the article you posted. "

I read the entir3 thing. I guarantee you didn't even look at it.

#32 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-15 12:36 PM

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