That and plenty of trannies regret it, most don't pass, and transitioning is more fad than evidence based treatment to gender dysphoria.
Really? I'd heard the opposite, that regret is rare and that transitioning clearly improves quality of life. Based on a brief Googling, most studies seem to find low regret and improved quality of life post-transitioning, according to e.g. http://transascity.org/quality-of-life-in-treated-transsexuals/
IIRC, transitioning improves QOL for people who don't fall into a number of exclusions that I'd suspect are very frequently comorbid with self-reports of transgender identity and/or gender dysphoria. On the same token, I reckon lots of people without gender dysphoria can benefit from transitioning, depending on their risk tolerance, undersanding of sexual strategy and such. But that's not gonna be a useful spiel for many if anyone who will read this.
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Yes, I would hear the opposite too predominately, before I started looking into it with a neutral frame. ...
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