(New York Post) A California teen who formerly identified as transgender is backing a Florida rule blocking Medicaid funds from paying for medical interventions for gender dysphoria — emotionally telling a hearing that she “didn’t understand” the ramifications and may now be at increased risk for some cancers.
Chloe Cole, who decided she was transgender at 12 and underwent a double mastectomy three years later, spoke a public hearing Friday in favor of Rule 59G-1.050, which would restrict Medicaid funding from transgender drug and procedures.
“I really didn’t understand all of the ramifications of any of the medical decisions that I was making,” Cole, now 17, said at the hearing, according to Fox News.
“I was unknowingly physically cutting off my true self from my body, irreversibly and painfully.”
Cole also spelled out the impact of her decision made as a minor in a separate meeting with Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who posted video of her compelling account on Twitter.
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to fully carry a child, and I might be at increased risk for certain cancers, mainly cervical cancer,” Cole said. “And because I do not have my breasts – I no longer have breasts – I’m not able to breastfeed whatever future children I have.”
courtesy of Chloe Cole
Cole then took a long pause, the footage shows.
“That realization actually was one of the biggest things that led to me realizing that this was the not the path that I should have taken,” Cole said, adding that no child should have to experience what she endured.
“Do not transition your kids,” Cole told Fox News when asked what she would tell the public after her experience.
“If you are considering transitioning, please wait until you are a fully developed adult. Transitioning can damage your body and mind in ways that we may not fully understand.”
