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Chloe Cole, an 18-year-old former transgender child, spoke out at a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Protect Children’s Innocence Act.
She identified herself as a transgender boy at the age of twelve. She was prescribed puberty blockers and testosterone at 13. She received a double mastectomy to remove her breasts at age 15.
The Protect Children’s Innocence Act protects minors from having access to permanent body and life-altering medical treatments.
“The gender clinic presented my parents with the classic false dichotomy regarding children with gender dysphoria: ‘Would you rather have a dead daughter or a live son?’” said Cole.
“Given these options, what loving parent wouldn’t choose to transition their child? This was not informed consent. It was a decision forced under extreme duress,” she added.
A year after her breast surgery, she realized what she had done.
“I realized the beauty of motherhood was stolen from me by medical professionals who my family entrusted me to,” said Cole.
“I realized, after maturing a bit more, that a child does not, in fact ‘know who they are at 12 years old.”
Cole began her speech with a startling statistic, “Over the past decade, there has been as high as a 4000% increase in children being referred to so-called ‘gender clinics’ across the United States. I was one of these children.”
“I believe Americans deserve to know the truth about this radical and perverse ideology, marketed as necessary and ‘life-saving’ health care,” said Cole.
Just ten years ago, pediatric gender clinics were few and far between, but now at least 200 have popped up because of the disturbing trend of adolescents who identify as transgender.
Cole said, “It was too late for me, and time is running out for these children. There is no second chance at childhood, so we must do our best as adults to guide our children to pathways that lead to healthy bodies and minds instead of depression and disfigurement.”
Cole concluded, “No child deserves to suffer under the knife of a gender-affirming surgeon. America’s children — all children — deserve better.”
The Daily Wire reported:
Cole reveals that unmonitored internet access and exposure to LGBTQ content on Instagram at 11 years old introduced her to gender ideology. “I saw the unbelievable amounts of praise and attention they got online and subconsciously I yearned to have a piece of it,” said Cole. “With every milestone in my medical transition, I was given more and more attention and celebration. It was the ultimate high.”
“There are many detransitioners speaking out, and they are ignored by the institutions most responsible for the search of truth,” said Cole, speaking of the growing population of young adults who regret their decision to transition and claim they were not rigorously assessed before being fast-tracked into irreversible medical interventions. “Up until today, most politicians on the Left and Right have done nothing but get into Twitter fights on this issue,” she added.
Greene’s Protect Children’s Innocence Act, H.R. 8731, would make any individual in the state of Alabama who knowingly performs “gender-affirming care” on a minor — including the administering of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones — guilty of a class C felony, facing a prison sentence of up to 25 years and a $250,000 fine.
“It is designed to protect children from abusive experimental procedures from every angle,” reads the description on the American Principles Project website. Currently, the bill has 37 Republican co-sponsors.
