Chloe Cole

So, I mean, these appointments were, I think per even California law, were just between me and the psychologist.

And they're, I think from the age of 12, children are considered to be

They're considered to be emancipated in the healthcare system when it comes to at least their mental health records.

So my mom and dad couldn't, like, get a glimpse into what was happening.

They were never being followed up with what was actually being talked about in the appointments.

And what was really happening, at least with this first therapist, was that I was being told, okay, well –

cool, your name is Leo and you're a boy.

And we're going to give you, we're going to go along with that, but we're not really going to question anything.

It was a man, but I only saw him for about a month before I end up being, I guess he like went out of the system or something.

I ended up being transferred to another psychologist, but he didn't really do, none of these people really did much for me.

And my mom and dad could see from the outside that even though I was going to therapy, I wasn't really getting better by any metric.

I mean, that's how they used to be trained to look at the root of the problem and to look at the person as a whole rather than just focusing on their gender.

But now it's completely flipped.

And psychologists and really any medical professional are trained such as that.

They're supposed to be focusing on affirmation of these feelings and the supposed –

patients' identity and referring them to services to try and affirm that as soon as possible, particularly medical resources like drugs and surgeries.

And that was really the focus of it for me.

Even I was getting frustrated at the time because I had real problems that were going on at school with –

being bullied and not being able to make friends that we're just not really being focused on.

And my mom and dad watching from the outside were like, okay, we're getting really frustrated with this.