Three detransitioned young adults called in to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> school board meeting, using their personal experiences with “gender affirming care” to object to the district’s adoption of policies that support transgender ideology. 
On Tuesday, Chloe Cole, Abel Garcia, and Cat Cattinson phoned into the Conejo Valley Unified School District’s (CVUSD) Board of Education <a href="http://conejovalleyusdca.swagit.com/board-of-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> during their public comments session to voice their dissent about the ideology that caused to them to believe they were transgender and pursue medical transition. Although they were only allowed two minutes to speak due to time constraints, each was met with roaring applause from the audience in attendance.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
A couple of days ago, <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialAbelG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OfficialAbelG</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/catcattinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@catcattinson</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/ChoooCole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChoooCole</a> spoke back to back at a <a href="https://twitter.com/ConejoValleyUSD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ConejoValleyUSD</a> school board meeting to voice our concerns about their policies that allow confused children to come to harm. WATCH BELOW <a href="https://t.co/3FN86Za45w">pic.twitter.com/3FN86Za45w</a>
&mdash; Detrans United (@Detrans_United) <a href="https://twitter.com/Detrans_United/status/1580613825815977985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
“I’m calling because I’m concerned about the messaging directed at kids by the school surrounding gender identity ideology,” said Cat Cattinson, a 30-year-old molecular biologist and detransitioned woman who believed she was a boy after being introduced to gender ideology at 13 years old. “I began identifying as the opposite sex, a man, and [that belief] negatively affected me for the next fifteen years,” said Cattinson.
Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) in Southern California has drawn <a href="https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2022/10/09/godspeak-calvary-chapel-conejo-valley-unified-school-district-board/8005949001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">media attention</a> in recent months for their adoption of policies that reinforce the belief that whether someone is a man, boy, woman, or girl has nothing to do with one’s biology, but instead is determined by one’s subjective and undefinable &#8220;gender identity.&#8221; Parents have taken to school board meetings to voice their frustrations, some of which have <a href="https://twitter.com/Mario_Presents/status/1572970715997171712?s=20&amp;t=fYoa5mQoXuuDCaQEwkUucg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gone viral</a> on social media.
“Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries are irreversible,” said Cattinson. “By affirming a child’s cross-sex identification, they are encouraged to reject their biological sex, seeking drugs and surgeries that destroy the function of healthy body parts. I think that instead, we need to tell kids they don’t need to change themselves to be themselves.”
Cattinson has said in <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/detransitioner-says-she-was-prescribed-testosterone-after-30-minute-call-with-planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous interviews</a> that she obtained her prescription for testosterone from Planned Parenthood after just a 30-minute phone call.
“Finally, I wanted to add there is a serious lack of quality research that any of these interventions improve mental health or prevent suicide in the long term,” said Cattinson. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/researcher-debunks-claim-trans-youths-mental-health-improves-with-gender-affirming-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent analysis</a> found that the claims promoted by activist researchers about the mental health benefits of “gender affirming” medical treatments for trans-identifying youth are false and misleading.
Abel Garcia, a 25-year-old male who medically transitioned when he was 19, called in to voice his concerns for the young students subjected to the same ideology that led him to believe he was a woman.
“I am here speaking up against the school board on the push that they are doing right now towards children with the transgender ideology,” said Garcia.
“I cannot expect a child — a high school, middle, or elementary [aged] child — to understand the full extent of the damage that will be done to their bodies, if an adult like myself wasn’t able to,” said Garcia, who went as far as to obtain breast implants at 21 years old.
Eighteen-year-old detransitioner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detransitioner-chloe-cole-gives-powerful-testimony-against-gender-affirming-care-at-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chloe Cole</a> phoned in to tell the story of how gender ideology caused her to reject her female body, setting her down the path toward medical interventions with permanent consequences.
“I would get comments on my body both from peers and adults, some of which were sexual in nature,” Cole said of entering puberty. “I hated growing into a woman. I didn’t identify at all with the women around me. I decided that I wanted to become a boy and I chose a new name for myself: Leo.”
Cole’s story documents how she was introduced to gender ideology at 11 years old, which led to her self-identification as a transgender boy at 12 years old. Cole was prescribed puberty blockers and testosterone at 13, and received a double mastectomy surgery to remove her breasts at 15, all at the behest of “gender affirming” medical professionals who she says emotionally blackmailed her parents into giving their consent. Only one year later, at 16, she realized she had made an irreversible mistake.
“I had only about six months time between my initial referral and my actual surgery,” said Cole of her bilateral mastectomy. “Very quickly, I was given what I wanted, but it was far from what I needed. Two years later, I am still suffering from major complications.”
Cole ended her call by telling the school board that what happened to her could happen to other children if they continue to be “exposed to developmentally inappropriate and confusing content and ideas from a young age.”
Cole warned the school board that children should not be treated like adults and presumed to have the mental faculties for proper long term decision making.
“You are placing children in direct harm,” said Cole. “Children deserve better.”
The detransitioners’ surprise call-ins were met with overwhelming support and applause. However, one CVUSD trustee was not swayed.
“CA state law requires schools to support and affirm our transgender students. As a trustee, I will support and affirm our transgender students — not only because it&#8217;s the law, but because it is the right thing to do,” said <a href="https://twitter.com/Powell4CVUSD/status/1580026387452203008?s=20&amp;t=i_DdjeLkyatBWSeGbMQalg">Lisa Powell</a>, a candidate running for a position on the CVUSD school board.
The three detransitioners recently formed a support network called Detrans United, the first advocacy group of its kind “created by detransitioners, for detransitioners.” According to the <a href="https://detransunited.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, their goals include helping to “connect detransitioners with each other, mental health professionals, medical malpractice lawyers, and others who can provide support.”
Their first effort as a group was to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detransitioners-pen-plea-to-doj-after-doctors-seek-to-silence-critics-of-trans-treatments-for-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">write a letter</a> addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to a letter sent the previous week from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and Children’s Hospital Association, who urged Garland to investigate and prosecute “high-profile” individuals they claimed were spreading “disinformation” about the “gender affirming” medical model they endorse.
When asked if the group planned to coordinate more calls to school board meetings, Cole said there were plenty more to come. “Next time with many, many more detransitioners would be preferable!” Cole told The Daily Wire.
No one knows exactly how many detransitioners there are, but many have speculated their numbers are growing exponentially. If the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/detrans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subreddit</a> for detransitioners is any indication, it has now surpassed 40,000 members.

<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

Detransitioners Call School Board Meeting To Caution Against Transgender Ideology

CONTINUE READING

‘Harry Potter’ Starlet Evanna Lynch Shows Support For Detransitioners

Lawsuit Alleges New York Trans Teacher ‘Forced’ 5th-Grader To Change Name, Pronouns

‘Detransition Awareness Day’ Event Poised To Yield Largest Turnout Yet

Detransitioner Takes First Legal Action In Spain Against Health Provider That Transitioned Her As A Minor

Kansas Senate Passes First Bill Defining ‘Woman’ As A Biological Female

Transsexuals Pen Letter Asking U.S.-Based Medical Organizations To Reject Ideology In Favor Of Evidence

News

Original

California

Education

LGBTQ

Puberty blockers

Transgender

transgender surgery

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— News —

Detransitioners Call School Board Meeting To Caution Against Transgender Ideology