Chloe Cole on Transitioning as a Child & Why She’s Now Warning Parents
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What is Chloe Cole's story and why is she warning parents?
Well, in this episode, Chloe Cole, detransitioner with a very interesting story is on. Then Andrew Hobson's got the news, and we'll do that right after this. Thanks for tuning into The Adam Carolla Show. You can watch the full show on YouTube. Just search Adam Carolla Show and hit subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can also get the podcast wherever you like to listen. And for extra content, ad-free episodes, and more, you can head over to our sub stack and sign up today.
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From Corolla One Studios in Glendale, California, this is The Adam Corolla Show. Adam's guest today, activist Chloe Cole. And the news with Andrew Hobson. And now, Adam Corolla. All right, Chloe Cole is with us. She's an activist and a detransitioner, which is, boy, something I never even thought. I don't even know if I thought I would ever use that word. Didn't even know. I don't know if that word existed several years ago. Yeah, so your story's interesting, and people are, you know, it's in the zeitgeist. The pendulum is sort of swinging back. We live in a crazy society where if you raised your hand even and thought, I'm a parent, I have twins. You know, if your child is saying they're trapped in the wrong body and you raised your hand and started asking questions, you were pilloried and called a heretic and thrown out of the village.
That's how insane our society went and maybe still has gone. But let's talk about your story. Let's start at the beginning. We'll get to now.
Well, thanks a whole lot for welcoming me on the show. I'm really happy to be on, and I'm grateful that you're giving me your platform to be able to talk about my experiences. So I'm somebody who has gone through the process of a medical and gender transition during my childhood, between the ages of 12 to 16. I started believing that I was a boy at 12 years old after years of just being a pretty ordinary tomboy, all things considered. I liked playing video games. I liked going out into the world and adventuring, but I was also very creative. Yeah.
Are you from Northern California?
Yeah, I'm from NorCal.
Uh-huh. Okay. And I'll just stop you along the way and shove in some questions. Anything unusual about your childhood?
I mean, nothing was particularly different about me other than the fact that I was a little bit shy and I found it difficult to connect with other people for a pretty good portion of my life, actually. I just didn't really know how to socialize with people. But I never really saw the things that made me different as things that took away from my character or my worth until... Around the time that I started to hit puberty, which was a little bit earlier than most, I was about eight or nine when I started to physically develop. And so there was, as you can imagine, a lot of uncomfortable attention that came with that, that I just, it made me very uncomfortable in my skin.
Yeah. No, I get it. I'm hearkening back to a girl that I believe when I was like in the sixth grade or something got her period or something and people made fun of her. And I now think back on how terrifying that must have been for her sitting in that class, you know, just experiencing this before others. And you at eight or nine is – very young to start puberty kicking in.
Right. And I mean, being one of the first to develop in my class, like both, both boys and girls, and even sometimes like teachers and like adults outside of my family would comment on like my, my curves or whatever else was happening to my body. And when you're at that age, like, It's a lot more pressure than just to go through it normally, I think. Sure. And in this day and age, you have – I mean girls are growing up with so much pressure with social media, what they're seeing, these very perfected images of grown women that they have to compare themselves to.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Chloe Cole's story and why is she warning parents?
0:00–7:46
2
How did societal pressures influence Chloe's early beliefs about gender?
7:46–13:23
3
What role did the internet play in Chloe's understanding of gender identity?
13:23–24:52
4
What were the medical steps Chloe took during her transition?
24:52–32:09
5
What complications did Chloe experience after transitioning?
32:09–39:15
6
How did Chloe's perspective on her identity evolve over time?
39:15–47:55
7
What are the long-term effects of transitioning that Chloe discusses?
47:55–56:21
8
What message does Chloe want to share with others in similar situations?
56:21–1:44:39
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