In this interview, I sit down with Maia, a 24 year old butch lesbian who desisted from trans identification one year ago. During her later years of trans identification she lived in the Middle East passing as male. Her story is a must-hear.

Her interview with Julie Bindel: https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/ma...
Maia's twitter with her speech: https://x.com/thepeacepoet99/status/1...
Book inspired by her story: https://www.realitybasedpublishing.co...

00:00 Intro
05:56 Telling her parents
10:32 Trans before gay
13:00 Why did she tie her same-sex attraction to being male?
18:32 What's wrong with a girl who wants to dress like a boy? The utility of trans identification
20:30 She goes to live in another country
24:29 How accepted is trans identification in Israel?
32:01 Her assimilation into male culture
43: 20 What made her start to desist?
57: 47 The ethics of living stealth.
1:08:52 Her speech in Sacramento California for Detrans Awareness Day.
1:20:08 The butch experience
1:23:49 Maia's final thoughts