Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
Quick Notes:
Ritchie Herron, also known as TullipR on twitter, is a 35 year old detransitioning male, who spent almost a decade living as a trans woman. Prior to his fixation on gender, Ritchie had spent most of his life struggling with debilitating anxiety, and obsessional OCD thoughts. As you’ll hear, he is brilliant, articulate, and compelling. But in his teens and young adult life, he forced his big personality into submission. He was terrified of the truth: that he was gay. Internalized shame, body hatred, and extreme isolation only fed into his OCD. In the throes of all this, he found an online forum about gender dysphoria and everything changed in an instant, as Ritchie had a new goal and a new OCD obsession. In this interview, he delivers a moving and powerful account of what happened next. And keep in mind, this is the story of a vulnerable adult, well over 18, but still the victim of a system that missed red flags over and over again. In 2018, after much coaxing from the professionals, he underwent a procedure under the UK’s National Health Service which removed his genitals. The regret set in almost immediately. Ritchie is now working towards suing the NHS for failing to address serious mental health issues during the diagnostic process. He is active on Twitter, and his brilliant substack, promoting and reposting stories of detransitioners, particularly highlighting the hidden stories of men, bringing awareness to the public about what he calls “the medical scandal of our time”.
Links:
Ritchie’s Substack - TullipR: tullipr.substack.com
Ritchie’s harrowing tweet thread on being a detransitioner:
twitter.com/TullipR/status/1536422533230206976?t=QXFZlhxy7GKaTd812rAlTA&s=08
Richie's Twitter: twitter.com/TullipR
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Quick Notes:
Ritchie Herron, also known as TullipR on twitter, is a 35 year old detransitioning male, who spent almost a decade living as a trans woman. Prior to his fixation on gender, Ritchie had spent most of his life struggling with debilitating anxiety, and obsessional OCD thoughts. As you’ll hear, he is brilliant, articulate, and compelling. But in his teens and young adult life, he forced his big personality into submission. He was terrified of the truth: that he was gay. Internalized shame, body hatred, and extreme isolation only fed into his OCD. In the throes of all this, he found an online forum about gender dysphoria and everything changed in an instant, as Ritchie had a new goal and a new OCD obsession. In this interview, he delivers a moving and powerful account of what happened next. And keep in mind, this is the story of a vulnerable adult, well over 18, but still the victim of a system that missed red flags over and over again. In 2018, after much coaxing from the professionals, he underwent a procedure under the UK’s National Health Service which removed his genitals. The regret set in almost immediately. Ritchie is now working towards suing the NHS for failing to address serious mental health issues during the diagnostic process. He is active on Twitter, and his brilliant substack, promoting and reposting stories of detransitioners, particularly highlighting the hidden stories of men, bringing awareness to the public about what he calls “the medical scandal of our time”.
Links:
Ritchie’s Substack - TullipR: tullipr.substack.com
Ritchie’s harrowing tweet thread on being a detransitioner:
twitter.com/TullipR/status/1536422533230206976?t=QXFZlhxy7GKaTd812rAlTA&s=08
Richie's Twitter: twitter.com/TullipR
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Visit rethinkime.org and genspect.org to learn more.
For more about our show: https://linktr.ee/WiderLensPod.
