Mary Margaret Olihan

So just really confusing, disturbing emotional and physical side effects that they weren't actually able to give informed consent for. These are kids we're talking about. And so when they consented supposedly to these procedures, they had no idea what they were getting into. So now a lot of them are suing.

Most of these transitions began when these young people were in their teens. So Chloe Cole, by the time she was 16, had undergone a double mastectomy and removed her breasts forever.

Most of these transitions began when these young people were in their teens. So Chloe Cole, by the time she was 16, had undergone a double mastectomy and removed her breasts forever.

Yes, though some of them did it in different orders. For example, Luca Hein, a young woman who was trying to become a man, got a double mastectomy before she went on hormones. And these hormones, I should add, are a costly investment for young people that they're going to continue taking for the majority of their lives.

Yes, though some of them did it in different orders. For example, Luca Hein, a young woman who was trying to become a man, got a double mastectomy before she went on hormones. And these hormones, I should add, are a costly investment for young people that they're going to continue taking for the majority of their lives.

I remember Matt Walsh did a really great investigation on how these young people are often gaining hormones and how they're accessing them and the kind of profits that organizations are making from giving hormones to young people, older people to try and change their bodies. And we still don't know all of the experimental effects that these hormones are going to have on them.

I remember Matt Walsh did a really great investigation on how these young people are often gaining hormones and how they're accessing them and the kind of profits that organizations are making from giving hormones to young people, older people to try and change their bodies. And we still don't know all of the experimental effects that these hormones are going to have on them.

Yes, I actually talked to them about this at length because I think it's really, really important to understanding where our culture is at and why so many young people are feeling called to do this. Most of the detransitioners I talked to had a little bit of a turbulent family life.

Yes, I actually talked to them about this at length because I think it's really, really important to understanding where our culture is at and why so many young people are feeling called to do this. Most of the detransitioners I talked to had a little bit of a turbulent family life.

Nothing that we might consider crazy, but many of them had parents who were not doing well in their relationship with one another. They were getting divorced. One young woman who I spoke with had a mother who was alcoholic. Another young man that I spoke with had a parent whose relationships weren't great and was largely raised by his grandmother.

Nothing that we might consider crazy, but many of them had parents who were not doing well in their relationship with one another. They were getting divorced. One young woman who I spoke with had a mother who was alcoholic. Another young man that I spoke with had a parent whose relationships weren't great and was largely raised by his grandmother.

So most of these young people were not in stable family situations. None of them were in families that were practicing faith, which I found really interesting. None of these people that I talked to were playing sports. They largely felt lonely and ostracized at school. They felt like they either were on the spectrum or they suspected that they were on the spectrum.

So most of these young people were not in stable family situations. None of them were in families that were practicing faith, which I found really interesting. None of these people that I talked to were playing sports. They largely felt lonely and ostracized at school. They felt like they either were on the spectrum or they suspected that they were on the spectrum.

And that's something that is actually very common for those who are identifying as transgender is that they are on the spectrum. And so all of these factors were playing into them feeling lonely and disconnected at school, not sure whether they were fitting in and looking for identity and companionship in other places, which unfortunately in our day and age often ends up being the internet.

And that's something that is actually very common for those who are identifying as transgender is that they are on the spectrum. And so all of these factors were playing into them feeling lonely and disconnected at school, not sure whether they were fitting in and looking for identity and companionship in other places, which unfortunately in our day and age often ends up being the internet.

Oh, every single detransitioner I spoke with said they were absolutely fast-tracked through the medical system. I think it was Luca who was just saying yesterday that when she went in and told her therapist that she wondered if she was a boy, it was like she had said the magic words. And from there on out, she was right on the way to her transition.

Oh, every single detransitioner I spoke with said they were absolutely fast-tracked through the medical system. I think it was Luca who was just saying yesterday that when she went in and told her therapist that she wondered if she was a boy, it was like she had said the magic words. And from there on out, she was right on the way to her transition.

And I think it's worth pointing out that a lot of these transition procedures are very much attached to the next step. So for example, when Chloe starts talking to her doctors about getting puberty blockers to stunt her puberty while she supposedly figures out what gender she is, that's what the doctors would tell her.

And I think it's worth pointing out that a lot of these transition procedures are very much attached to the next step. So for example, when Chloe starts talking to her doctors about getting puberty blockers to stunt her puberty while she supposedly figures out what gender she is, that's what the doctors would tell her.

So when she's about to go on puberty blockers, the presumption is the next thing she's going to do is go on testosterone. And then the presumption from there is that of course she's going to get a double mastectomy. And the presumption from there is that she might get a hysterectomy. And the presumption from there is that she might wanna get fake male genitalia.