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Excellent writing, Chloe Cole! Please know that many of us care about you and your sisters. I salute you for making the courageous step to speak out under the auspices of an imperfect politician, as so many find, it is your only platform, your sole method to get the word out. While so many politicians do not choose words carefully, you clearly worked to tell your story clearly, concisely, without losing your composure. You have my admiration.

I hope you find a life of joyous physical activity out in nature, as you heal your mind and body. The reason the woke ideologists attack you so fiercely is your very life (like mine, but I'm the trans widow perspective) brings to light the instability of the dysphoria diagnosis and the fallacies of "affirmation." I tell you, your words are probably giving someone the courage to detransition on a daily basis. You are literally saving the skeletal integrity of countless others. Brava.

I just posted a comprehensive paper on my blog, uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com, from a writer at refpac.org, with references to all of the known research questioning the dangerous policies of WPATH, an organization with deep, deep conflicts of interests.

I thank you, Miss Cole.

Ute Heggen, author, In the Curated Woods, True Tales from a Grass Widow (iuniverse, 2022)

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Congratulations Chloe. I really admire your bravery and honesty. You have a great future and I’m confident you will overcome your trauma

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Hi Chloe I watched your speech and it brought tears to my eyes. I am horrified by what you have been through and so enormously impressed by your courage and your skill at not just public speaking but oratory. I hope things go well for you in future - with your courage and talent, they surely must.

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Beautiful work. Your courage is inspiring. Trans ideology seems to me to be related to transhumanism, which is anti-human and genocidal. It is a sign of a profoundly ill society that our medical industry has such enthusism for atrocities against children.

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Bravo! Well said.

"Gender-affirmation surgery" is likely to go into the annals as a classic case of medical scandals to match the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, and as a "Big Lie" to match the worst of Hitler's contributions.

Nice to see some evidence that the tide is starting to turn, largely through the efforts of people like yourself who were and are willing to take a stand, to call a spade a shovel.

Bravo 👏.

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I am thankful you decided to speak out! You're a hero to many and are terrifying to the sick and demented people pushing this death cult! God bless you Chloe ❤️

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Thank you for this thoughtful, courageous essay. I commend you on your maturity, bravery, and intellectual acumen. You are both an inspiration and a beacon of hope to other young people.

Your comment that "Much of this gender confusion is based on old regressive stereotypes" is absolutely correct. Many of us thought we had expunged these stereotypes decades ago. They have resurfaced only as cynical tools by which unscrupulous people can exercise power and enrich themselves. I can see no other reason for their resurgence.

Indeed it is true that "women can have short hair and be interested in playing sport, and men can grow their hair out and wear make up." And they should be free to do so without being criticized, categorized, or exploited. The fact that there is this much variability among both men and women is a simple fact of biology...

https://everythingisbiology.substack.com/p/evolution-and-bisexual-monkeys

But, then, biology seems to have been supplanted by ideology.

Again, thank you for this wonderful essay. I wish you the absolute best and hope that you keep speaking out for common sense, compassion, and reason. Sincerely, Frederick

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You are such a strong young woman and an incredibly important voice! I hope you know that many, many more people applaud your bravery and weep for your loss than not. Thank you for your courage to share your personal story and bless your gift of eloquence with words. The more people better understand what’s really happening to the best of our human future - young individuals like you - the greater chance we have of ending these unethical, anti-Hippocratic practices.

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Thank you for raising your voice to contribute your story, Chloe. Half of my old female friend group has transitioned socially & medically at this point and I fear for what the future holds for them as well as all the kids who are getting pulled into this societal meat grinder currently. The affirmation model needs to be completely replaced as the default healthcare option for kids - nothing less will do.

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It's ironic Marjorie Taylor Greene named her bill the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” given her history of harassing Parkland shooting survivors. Greene has shown no interest in protecting the innocence of children who've survived gun violence. I have to wonder why she supports Chloe Cole. I doubt it's out of any kindness for children, Cole's personal experience, or detransitioners in general.

Greene isn't a deep, philosophical thinker who genuinely supports this topic or Cole. Greene is a right-wing troll. That is her basis of support. Greene sees the trans community as left-wing. Greene wants to troll the left and agitate them as much as possible. So, Greene supports the gender critical community and Cole. To Greene, Cole is merely a tool she can use to poke the left, rile them up, and win support from her right-wing base.

It makes me uneasy to see Greene supporting this cause and people like Cole given Greene's history. That could make the public view Cole also as a right-wing troll, which they're already likely to call Cole given her message. To make progress against the trans activists, we need support of society in general. They not only need to hear Cole's story, but actually listen, absorb, and accept it as well. That's less likely to happen if the public considers Cole right-wing.

We need other politicians who aren't considered trolls of one side or the other who will stand up and provide platforms for people to talk.

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Dearest Chloe, thank you. This is a cliche, so please forgive me; but you are wise beyond your years. You are transcending age, and as you say, we need to all transcend our two-party gridlock. All decent people should be assisting in the ending of utterly evil child abuse. The insanity of this cult that you have met and defeated, has to stop. May all like-minded people continue to do what we have to do to bring this fantasy ideology perpetrated on the world to a close. I have no patience with either party's "Yes, but!" statements, while children and vulnerable people are suffering. Chloe, your voice is so important to this battle. Sending you much appreciation and support and asking my Lord Jesus Christ to bless you. With love and respect, Indio.

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Your speech was awesome! You're like a beacon of light in a screwed-up world! I hope the bill passes quickly and will keep it in prayer. I live in Australia and just recently the Health Minister in New Zealand declared that puberty blockers are not safe for children! Now if Australia and my birth country, Canada will just take their heads out of the sand and actually see what's really going on then we can save more people of all ages. Keep shining!

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"This issue of child abuse, marketed as “gender-affirming care,” needs to transcend our two-party gridlock."

Well said. This is an urgent and moral issue clouded by partisan politics.

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Thank you for your bravery. You are a hero to parents like me with a young daughter wrestling with trans ideology. We are trying our best to keep her safe, but she is angry we are not affirming her. I hope she will desist before she's old enough to make changes without our consent.

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