Chloe Cole

Every boy and every girl deserves to be loved the way that they were beautifully created in their mother's womb.

And to the young people out there who are struggling with this mental illness.

I want you to know that there is a better way out.

And it's not too late to accept the beautiful way that God has created you.

For me, it started with being lied to about who I was.

by adults outside of my family.

My doctors, rather than guiding me, they affirmed my childish misgivings about my developing body.

At 13 years old, I was administered puberty blockers and testosterone in high doses.

And when I was only 15, they removed my breasts.

But that mastectomy ensured that I am never going to be able to nourish whatever children I may have.

And this happened before I was even mature enough to understand that one day I would aspire to become a mother.

At 13 years old, I was administered puberty blockers and testosterone in high doses.

And when I was only 15, they removed my breasts.

My questions about whether I will be able to have children...

or about the future of my reproductive health and my overall health have gone unanswered.

But that mastectomy ensured that I am never going to be able to nourish whatever children I may have.

Because of the moral failings of my doctors, I forever have lost significant parts of my identity.

as a now adult woman.

I started socially transitioning and identifying as transgender when I was 12 years old, and I was fast-tracked onto medicalization at 13, starting with puberty blockers and testosterone. Before, I went on to get a mastectomy at 15, and I stopped transitioning at 16 when I realized that I had regretted my transition.

I started socially transitioning and identifying as transgender when I was 12 years old, and I was fast-tracked onto medicalization at 13, starting with puberty blockers and testosterone. Before, I went on to get a mastectomy at 15, and I stopped transitioning at 16 when I realized that I had regretted my transition.