1. Big Pharma’s Pivot from Menopause to Trans Care
Several detransitioners describe how, after the lucrative market for hormone-replacement therapy in menopausal women collapsed in the late 1990s, pharmaceutical companies simply shifted the same drugs to a new population. “Hormone replacement therapy used to take place as the routine administration of estrogen to menopausal women and was an extremely lucrative industry until the late 90s when we found out how dangerous the side effects were and prescriptions vanished overnight. Pharmaceutical companies … found a new market.” – IKnowWhatImAbout source [citation:1e752fd3-229e-47e9-a0e2-52ada3cd0393] They note that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones now fill the profit gap, with the added bonus of creating lifelong customers who can never stop taking medication.

2. Lifetime Dependence as a Business Model
Detransitioners repeatedly stress that the real prize for drug makers is a patient who is permanently dependent. “Every brainwashed person that ends up having trans surgery … turns into a forever customer … you literally can’t live without hormones.” – LostSoul1911 source [citation:d3c22e30-73a-470f-ba81-30c0d7baace2] Once surgery removes the body’s natural hormone production, daily medication becomes medically necessary, guaranteeing decades of sales.

3. Kickbacks and Vulnerable Communities
Some contributors recount first-hand knowledge of how doctors are incentivized. “I have a relative who was a pharmaceutical sales rep and he said doctors get kickbacks for using certain drugs … And they especially do it to communities no one cares about … trans etc.” – bo1555 source [citation:99b58c33-ac1b-4674-81c8-3623b20b5477] This pattern, they argue, repeats historical over-prescription scandals such as the ADHD stimulant wave of the 1990s and early 2000s.

4. Political Parties as Marketing Channels
Detransitioners also see partisan politics amplifying the trend. “Democrats are fed by big pharma. Republicans are fed by big oil/guns. Each party selects its key issues based on how it will drum up business for their respective sponsors.” – ahinrichsen84 source [citation:e4963920-6e67-413a-8f14-68326dfbc21c] In this view, trans healthcare is spotlighted not because of rigorous science, but because it aligns with the profit interests of a powerful donor class.

Conclusion: Choose Self-Understanding Over Lifelong Dependence
Taken together, these voices urge anyone questioning their gender to look critically at who benefits from medical transition. They highlight that the same corporations once profited from menopausal hormones, then ADHD stimulants, and now puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. By embracing gender non-conformity—living as your authentic self without drugs or surgery—you reject a system designed to turn you into a lifelong customer and instead reclaim your body and future on your own terms.