retransition

From re- +‎ transition.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiː.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹiː.tɹɑːnˈzɪ.ʃən/, /-sɪ-/, /-ʒən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹi.tɹænˈzɪ.ʃən/, /-sɪ-/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən
• Hyphenation: de‧tran‧si‧tion

retransition (plural retransitions)

1. Another transition.
   • 2012, David Beach, Ryan McClelland, Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 196:

     The content of the development is harder to define; it may include new material, but typically involves development of motives and themes from the exposition leading to a retransition.

retransition (third-person singular simple present retransitions, present participle retransitioning, simple past and past participle retransitioned)

1. To transition again.
   2. (LGBTQ) To undergo another transition.
      • 2018, CN Lester, Trans Like Me: Conversations for All of Us, unnumbered page:

        With apologies to my friends who have detransitioned or retransitioned if I get this wrong, this is what I've learned.

      • 2019, Jennie Kermode, Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary People with Disabilities or Illnesses: A Good Practice Guide for Health and Care Provision‎^[1], page 72:

        One reason for encouraging detransitioners to go through counselling and avoid rushing into further surgery is that many go on to retransition again in the future.

      • 2019, Rosie Swayne, “Unqualified, middle-age lesbian swerves abruptly out of her lane to talk about trans issues”, in Lesbian Feminism: Essays Opposing Global Heteropatriarchies, unnumbered page:

        She also observes that within the number of those who detransition, a significant proportion do so due to how intense their experiences of rejection and transphobia are – and so then actually retransition further on in life.

      • Kristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Rachel Horton, Natalie M. Gallagher, Aaron Devor (2022) “Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition”, in Pediatrics‎^[2]:

        Included in this group were 4 individuals (1.3% of the total sample) who retransitioned twice (to nonbinary then back to binary transgender). Some youth (3.5%) were currently living as nonbinary, including one who had retransitioned first to cisgender then to nonbinary. Finally, 2.5% were using pronouns associated with their sex at birth and could be categorized as cisgender at the time of data collection, including one who first retransitioned to live as nonbinary.

      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:retransition.
   4. (LGBTQ) To return to one's birth-assigned gender after having undergone gender reassignment; to detransition.
      • 2019, Paul Rhodes Eddy, James K. Beilby, “Understanding Transgender Experiences and Identities: An Introduction”, in Understanding Transgender Identities: Four Views, unnumbered page:

        Finally, some who embrace the psychological paradigm critique transition-affirmative approaches by pointing to studies showing that a statistically significant number of people who have undergone transition – one 2009 study suggests up to 8 percent – have later expressed regrets, with some even deciding to retransition back to their birth sex.

      • 2019, Shervin Shandianloo, Richard R. Pleak, “Mental Health Issues in Caring for the Transgender Population”, in Leonid Poretsky, Wylie C. Hembree, editors, Transgender Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Approach‎^[3], page 122:

        If a socially transitioned child desists and later comes to identify with their birth-assigned gender, the child must then retransition to that gender, which could be difficult and pose risks for the child at that older age.

      • 2022, Denise Ann Bodman, Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet, Randal D. Day, Introduction to Family Processes: Diverse Families, Common Ties, unnumbered page:

        In some cases, individuals may “detransition” (or retransition) to their assigned/biological gender, further complicating identity and family relationships.

      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:retransition.

• Sense 1.1 may refer to, for example, to transition back to one's earlier (trans) gender after having temporarily detransitioned to one's birth-assigned gender; or to transition to a binary trans gender after an earlier transition to non-binary.

• transitioner