The transgender community has become very vocal in recent years about their rights. Due to their and trans activists’ efforts, many states have included gender identity lessons in schools. While others are planning to implement similar programs.
But the transgender education still is a major area of concern for parents of young children. Recently, a teen from California shared a harrowing experience she had to go through.
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California Teen Talks About Her Transitioning Journey
According to a report from Concord New Journal, Chloe Cole is a 17-year-old girl from California. She recently shared her transitioning journey with the public to spread awareness among youngsters about the difficulties and health issues she faced during the transition.
She went through a several-year-long and painful transitioning process before she finally decided to de-transition. Chloe got the idea of transition at age 11 after she was constantly exposed to trans content from her use of social media, especially Instagram.
The girl realized that she was transgender at age 12 and came out to her parents the next year. She then started hormone therapy to become a boy. According to Chloe, she was “medically transitioned” between the ages of 13 and 16, having her mastectomy at 15 in June 2020.
Chloe was under hormone therapy which included testosterone injections. In the follow-up period, Chloe’s mother had to administer those injections. The mastectomy surgery proved to be a turning point for her as she realized that she was making a big mistake for years.
The Transgender Surgery Led To Several Health Issues
After the surgery, Chloe started experiencing health issues that lasted for months. She then decided to end the hormone therapy in May 2021. The girl received bad news following a biology class the same year. She would never be able to feed her baby because of the double mastectomy.
It is still unclear whether Chloe will be able to conceive a child or not. But has now realized that all of it was a mistake. She said, “No child should have to experience what I have. My consent was not informed. I was unknowingly physically cutting off my true self from my body, irreversibly and painfully.”
Chloe then added, “That realization, actually, was one of the biggest things that led to me realizing that this was not the path that I should have taken.” She was then asked what her advice to the public would be. She responded: “Do not transition your kids.”
Since her de-transitioning into her normal self, Chloe has been trying to live a normal life. She also backed Florida’s ban on medical funds for transgender medical intervention.
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