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PRISHA MOSELY: As a detransitioner and mom, I know what gender ideology stole from me

Motherhood changes you. It changes how you weigh the cost of decisions. It sharpens your sense of what matters and what doesn’t

By Prisha Mosley Fox News

Published May 10, 2026 9:00am EDT

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My name is Prisha Mosley. I’m a detransitioner, an advocate and, now, a mother.

When I was a teenager, I believed that I was a boy trapped in a girl’s body.

I found this idea online. For me, it was the blogging platform Tumblr. Today, it’s TikTok, Instagram and other platforms, whose algorithms promote inappropriate content to vulnerable children. The platforms may be different, but the social contagion is the same. I was a young, struggling, questioning teen. I was extremely open about my mental health and self-esteem issues on these platforms, and before I knew it, the wrong people were eager to convince me exactly what was wrong — namely, that I was born in the wrong body — and how I could supposedly fix myself.

The apparent "fix"? To start identifying as my "true self" and medicalizing myself down that path.

PRISHA MOSLEY: DOCTORS TOOK MY BODY APART FOR GENDER ‘CARE.’ NOW THEY ADMIT IT WAS WRONG

The trans community felt like a place where I finally made sense. It was full of people who, like me, felt out of place in their own lives. People who told me I wasn’t broken or........

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