Fair play to you for waking up. Sounds like you’ve had a rough journey compared to mine. I peaked in 2016. I continued to support trans rights for three more years after that, but I was becoming less supportive. So here’s my journey:

At the start of 2016, I was very woke in hindsight. I was all for politically incorrect jokes, which I still support, but I was in favour of my country’s ridiculous self ID law that came into effect the previous year. I also supported recognising non-binary gender identities. I even believed that children should be allowed to transition. Why was I so foolish? I was reading PinkNews, Gay Star News and LGBTQNation and I believed their articles without question. My critical thinking skills were still in development back then. I even bought into the lie that "preferences are bad m'kay", though I was quiet about it. But 2016 was the year I started waking up. Surprisingly, my first redpill wasn’t caused by the behaviour of TRAs, but the Pulse Nightclub Shooting. All of the intersectionals doubled down on their shaming of gay white men despite most of the victims of the shooting being white or Latino gay men. I was angry.

Around that same month, I started going on r/tumblrinaction. It opened my eyes. I began watching videos on YouTube criticising political correctness. I got exposed to people like Blair White, who is trans, but understands that there are only two genders and that children should not transition. I was already sceptical about letting children transition and recognising non-binary genders, but watching his videos made me feel more comfortable to be openly opposed to non-binary recognition and transgender children. I still supported adults transitioning though.

Also in 2016, debate on Canada’s C-16 Bill was heating up. I realised that bill was dangerous, so I opposed it. But hearing about how cruelly opponents of the law were treated, I peaked. I still supported trans rights, but I was starting to question my support.

In 2017, I went back to college. I joined the pride society and I stopped going after one meeting because all they talked about were gender neutral bathrooms and pronouns. In 2018, I started opposing Ireland’s self ID law after hearing about transgender "women" competing in women’s sports. I was also made aware of how TRAs were treating Arielle Scarcella, which infuriated me. TRAs were also taking over spaces that were meant for gay men and lesbians. TRAs became more entitled, more demanding, more aggressive and more censorious. Also that year, I stopped watching Blaire White. By 2019, I stopped supporting transgender rights completely. Then I watched Mister Metokur's new video on the subject, and read up about the Save James case. It was at this point that I was passed the point of no return. This was before the JK Rowling saga.

Anyway, well done, and welcome to our sub.