Chloe Cole: Good News in the Fight Against Transgender Mutilation of Children
Chloe Cole, a brave young “detransitioner” from transgenderism, had a double dose of good news last week in her battle to keep other children from being harmed by “transgender” medical interventions.
First, on September 18, Senator Marsha Blackburn and Congressman Bob Onder introduced into Congress the Chloe Cole Act, also called The Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act.
The federal legislation would “ban the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and provide detransitioners whose healthy body parts have been damaged by these procedures with legal recourse.”
The next day, Cole received more good news, learning that her lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente could move forward. The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, ruled in her favor, allowing the case to go to trial.
Chloe Cole’s complaint against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Permanente Medical Group, and individual physicians, was filed in February 2023. It explains that she was 12 years old when “she wrote a letter to her parents telling them that she wanted to be referred to as ‘Ky’ or ‘Chi,’ and that she wanted to be treated as a boy.”
Her parents were unsure how to respond and sought the guidance of medical professionals. Cole was struggling with a variety of issues, including “anxiety, depression, social anxiety, shyness, limited friends, and feeling disgusted with her hips, chest, and thin arms.”
Rather than receiving counseling and moving toward healing for these issues, Cole was rapidly placed on the “‘conveyer belt’ of mimicry sex change,” as her suit explained.
She received puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13 and underwent a double mastectomy when she was 15.
Those interventions permanently damaged her body and brought no healing to her underlying mental, emotional and relational issues. According to her lawsuit:
As occurs in most gender dysphoria cases, Chloe’s dysphoria was not persistent and resolved when she was close to reaching adulthood. Consequently, she detransitioned and no longer identifies as a male.
Unfortunately, as a result of the so-called transgender “treatment” that Defendants performed on Chloe, she now has deep physical and emotional wounds, severe regrets, and distrust of the medical system. Chloe has suffered physically, socially, neurologically, and psychologically.
Rather than facing a public trial, Kaiser sought to bring the medical malpractice suit into private arbitration. But that option has been shut down.
Cole is represented by Limandri and Jonna, LLP, Dhillon Law Group, and the Center for American Liberty. Her legal team celebrated the victory with a post on X, saying, “See You In Court, Kaiser!”
Mark Trammell, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, said, “Today’s decision is tremendous news. Chloe will not be silenced. She will have her day in court, and the truth will come out.”
Chloe Cole’s fight to protect other children from the damage she experienced has borne more good fruit with the introduction of the eponymously named congressional measure.
She posted on X:
“I’m so humbled by @RepBobOnder’s decision to name this extremely important bill after me. This bill will prevent further gender mutilation in The United States and also allow we, detransitioners to achieve justice and hold our doctors, and institutions who failed us to account.”
In a press release, Representative Onder said, “As a member of Congress, a doctor, a parent, and an American, I am committed to protecting our nation’s children. That’s why I am proud to introduce the Chloe Cole Act, a landmark bill that will put a permanent stop to one of the most dangerous and barbaric medical procedures in modern history.”
The legislation was proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice and endorsed by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Bondi stated, “The Department of Justice has heard from far too many families who have been devastated by mutilative medical procedures that fly in the face of basic biology. While we continue our ongoing legal battle to protect children, we appreciate our colleagues in Congress who are working diligently alongside us to end these abusive procedures once and for all.”
Senator Blackburn explained the importance of the act. “No child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation under the guise of so-called ‘gender-affirming care.’ The Chloe Cole Act would put a stop to this barbaric abuse of children and give those who have suffered the consequences of these harmful procedures the chance to fight back.”
Transgender ideology is inherently harmful, with its false belief that anyone can change from one sex to the other. This has led to irreversible damage for thousands. Cole has courageously told her story about being damaged by transgender interventions, and she’s been a terrific spokeswoman, as she battles for truth against “gender” ideology.
It’s vital that doctors and hospitals be held accountable for previous actions to “transition” minors and that this federal legislation is passed by Congress to protect children from the devastating effects of puberty blocking drugs, opposite-sex hormones and surgeries.
Chloe Cole’s lawsuit is Brockman v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
Read The Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act here.
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