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In a heartbreaking statement, Chloe Cole, a young detransitioner, talked about her own experiences with early transition and detransition. This showed how irreversible the damage is that gender affirmation treatments do to young people. Cole had a double mastectomy when she was young. She is now a strong supporter who warns people about the risks of gender-affirming interventions.
WATCH: Detransitioner Chloe Cole gives heartbreak testimony on the dangers of child trans mutilation: “My childhood was RUINED.”
This is exactly why children should NOT be allowed to get life altering sex change surgery!! https://t.co/JDNbOnl1uN
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) July 27, 2023
Cole said that her life was affected by "one of the biggest medical scandals in the history of the United States of America." She was diagnosed with gender dysphoria when she was 12. This led to medical treatments that she now sees as deeply harmful and irreversible and that turned her life upside down.
Really heartbreaking clip here as detransitioner Chloe Cole breaks down speaking to another witness, the mother of a trans-identifying child:
"I see my own mother and father in her…" pic.twitter.com/J8kRyqirN3
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) July 27, 2023
"My childhood was ruined": listen to heartbreaking opening statement of detransitioner @ChoooCole pic.twitter.com/SZqwdFY0c2
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) July 27, 2023
Cole was given drugs to stop puberty and testosterone injections when she was a teenager, which changed her look for good. She now feels like a "monster" when she looks in the mirror because of how her body has changed. Changes have been made to her voice, jaw, nose, bone structure, and even her ability to have children.
Cole had a double mastectomy when she was only 15. She lost "a huge part" of being a woman before she could even drive. Her story is about a weak girl who was confused about who she was and led wrong by a medical story that she thinks did more harm than good.
Cole says that her doctors were more interested in changing her body to make it look like that of a boy than in fixing her mental health problems. She says in a very strong way, "The drugs and surgeries changed my body, but they didn't and couldn't change the fact that I am and will always be a woman."
Cole's mental health was hurt badly by these methods, and she became suicidal as a result. She says that her parents were even asked if they would rather have a "dead daughter or a living transgender son." This shocking question shows how wrong the people who were helping her get medical care were.
Cole's statement is not just a personal story of trauma; it is also an urgent plea to the medical community and families in the United States. She says that young people need kindness, love, and therapy to work through their identity problems, not the false idea that changing their bodies will solve all their problems.
Cole has the guts to warn against the popular idea that puberty is choice and against telling 12-year-olds they were born wrong. She tells lawmakers to learn from past medical scandals and admits that doctors can be wrong. She wants something to be done to protect detransitioners like herself from more harm.
Chloe Cole's powerful statement is an important reminder of how important medical decisions are and how much they can hurt people physically and emotionally. Her story should be a wake-up call for people to rethink how they treat transgender kids right now.
