TLDR: Very disturbing story about how two parents-- who are ostensibly "queer" women-- decided to transition their two toddler-aged sons, and then detransitioned their sons several years later.

The parent is apologetic and I am glad that they reversed course, but some of the language in this piece is nonetheless unnerving, even apart from the ideological fervor.

Some quotes that jumped out at me:

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Malpractice - Gender therapist made completely unsubstantiated claims, framed as a threat, about the "trans" child:

When I pushed back, and asserted that I was not yet convinced our younger son was transgender, she [the gender therapist] told me that if I did not change his pronouns and honor his identity, he could develop an attachment disorder.

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This parent uses strange language to describe her son's emotions. This phrasing struck me and made me wonder if she is still vicariously living through him to some extent, even if she did detransition him:

Then the next day, I felt my son rest. I felt him release a burden, lay this adult burden down, that he, as a child, was never meant to carry. He felt incredible relief. He came to rest.

Sounds like she's talking about how she feels... I hope she is listening to how he feels.

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Throughout the article, the author keeps using this phrase:

the primal attachment drives

I mean, attachment theory is a thing but no one talks about it like that. I'm wondering what the hell else this woman picked up in terms of wacky beliefs.