Former Trans Teen Who Sued Health Care Provider Shares Painful Testimony: ‘I May Not Be Able to Have Kids’

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.—Eighteen-year-old Chloe Cole—a self-described “former trans kid”—joined a panel of speakers on March 18 to discuss the threat that gender ideology presents to children at “Innocence Under Siege.” The event, hosted by the conservative activist group No Left Turn in Education, was hosted at New Life Community Church. Cole told the audience: “Neither my parents nor I was fully informed of most of the potential risks of going through these treatments.” When she was 13, Cole was prescribed puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. When she was 15, she had a double mastectomy. Now she deeply regrets the pain and suffering she endured, but even more, the consequences for her future motherhood. After the event Saturday, Cole told The Epoch Times: “I think the most painful thing about having been through transition is losing my breasts. I may not be able to have kids. But even if I am able to, I’ll never have that experience of feeding my kids through my own body.” Lawsuit Hopes to Raise Awareness Last month, Cole filed a lawsuit against her surgeon, her gender specialist, the hospital where she had surgery, and Kaiser Permanente, her health care provider, for pushing her into medical mutilation between the ages of 13 and 17. “I’m hoping that in this lawsuit, we will raise awareness of this issue but also discourage other doctors and hospitals from doing this to kids.” She is suing “to create a precedent for other people who are in my situation to get justice for themselves as well,” she said. The teen hopes that speaking out will lead to “a better model of care … for patients who have gender dysphoria.” Cole said she has received a number of threats since she began speaking out.“Before the rally that I hosted last week, there were activist and Antifa members threatening me with rape and sexual assault and with pepper spraying me in the eyes.”