22 Facts About Chloe Cole

Chloe Cole was born on July 27,2004 and is an American activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors and supports bans on such care following her own detransition.

Chloe Cole has appeared with conservative politicians and in the media, supporting and advocating for such bans.

Chloe Cole began detransitioning at 17 after experiencing hallucinations during an LSD trip, and converted to Christianity.

Chloe Cole is the youngest of five children having two sisters and two brothers.

Chloe Cole reported facing mental health challenges as a minor, which included being on the autism spectrum.

Chloe Cole is a detransitioner and describes herself as a "former trans kid".

Chloe Cole says that she first experienced gender dysphoria when she was 9 years old, and discussed her condition with her pediatrician for the first time at age 12.

Chloe Cole has described herself as having been a "tomboy" who did not fit social norms and only started thinking about transitioning after creating an Instagram account.

Chloe Cole had a double mastectomy at age 15 in June 2020.

Less than a year after her mastectomy, after a discussion in school about breastfeeding and pregnancy, Chloe Cole began to regret her transition.

Chloe Cole has said that her doctor did not follow the standards of care from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and that she did not know detransitioners existed until she was one.

Chloe Cole says she does not hold them responsible for consenting to her treatment and surgery and that they "received intense social pressure and pressure from medical professionals".

In May 2022, Chloe Cole testified in support of Ohio House Bill 454, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Chloe Cole said that while she did not agree with everything any politician says, this bill which "protects children from the harm" that she endured was a cause she "could get behind".

In January 2023, Chloe Cole testified in support of bills banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Utah and Tennessee.

Chloe Cole voiced support for a law proposed by Wyoming state senator Anthony Bouchard, Senate File 144, which he dubbed "Chloe's Law" after Cole, that would lead to doctors' licenses being revoked if they administer gender-affirming care to minors.

Chloe Cole accepted an invitation from the conservative think tank the Idaho Freedom Foundation to testify in support of an Idaho bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors and make providing such care a felony.

In October 2022, Chloe Cole was among a number of speakers at a "Rally to End Child Mutilation" hosted by right-wing commentator Matt Walsh in Nashville.

Chloe Cole described the trans community as "a cult" and spoke against gender-affirming care for minors.

Later that month, Chloe Cole headlined a Detransition Awareness Day rally in Sacramento, CA.

On November 9,2022, Chloe Cole filed a 90-day notice of intent to sue against the healthcare company Kaiser Permanente along with the individual endocrinologist, psychiatrist, and plastic surgeon involved in her treatment.

Chloe Cole says that doctors did not inform her parents of alternative, less invasive treatments like psychiatric care, and that they told her that her gender dysphoria would "never resolve unless she chemically and surgically transitioned".