Hello and thank you for your time. This is a screening survey for Detransition, Baby: Minority Stress and the Choice to Transition, Detransition, and Retransition

This sheet is provided to inform you about this research project and your participation in it. Please read this form carefully. 

Your participation in this study is voluntary. You are free to withdraw from the study at any time, including, but not limited to, by exiting this survey, not entering the interview phase, or letting the researchers know you no longer wish to participate. 

Purpose of this study:

This study serves to broaden the current understanding of detransitioners’ experiences with minority stressors before, during, and after detransitioning. This study will ask questions related to experiences transitioning, experiences detransitioning, motivations for detransitioning, and, if applicable, experiences with retransitioning. 

Procedures to be followed and approximate duration of this study:

To participate in this survey, you must read the documentation provided and click the button below to confirm your consent.

To participate in this study, you must 1. be 18 years of age or older and 2. identify yourself as either having detransitioned or as a detransitioner.

This screening survey is 16 questions long and should take approximately 15-20 minutes. It asks questions to collect demographic information and determine eligibility.

Withdrawing from study participation:

Participation in this survey is voluntary. This means you may exit the survey at any time, and may skip any questions that you do not wish to answer.

Contact information:

Please contact Logan Fica at ficamade@msu.edu with any questions about this research study. This research is under the staff supervision of Dr. Philip J. Pettis, who can be contacted at pettisph@msu.edu for more information. 

Confidentiality:

This is a confidential survey. Any data collected will be safeguarded in a locked folder. Only the researchers will have access to this information. 

You will be asked to give yourself a pseudonym at the end of this survey. Your real name will not be associated with any publicly released information.

For mental health resources, please reach out to:

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
For information on resources near you, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
For the suicide and crisis lifeline, call 988
For other resources, please visit their website: https://www.samhsa.gov/

Trevor Project
For the suicide and crisis lifeline call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
For other resources, please visit their website: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Trans Lifeline
For the suicide and crisis lifeline call (877) 565-8860 
For other resources, please visit their website: https://translifeline.org/