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Former Trans Youth Testifies, Calls for Minor Surgery Ban

7/22/2026

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Chloe Cole testified before the Senate HELP Committee urging a ban on sex-reassignment procedures for minors, noting she began treatment at 12 and had a mastectomy at 15.
She now suffers PTSD, nightmares, numbness and chronic hip-knee pain, which she links to interrupted development and LGBT community harassment after detransitioning.
Shannon Minter, legal director, defended transgender procedures, criticized the ban and echoed Sen. Bernie Sanders that decisions belong to parents, doctors and children.

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Chloe Cole testified before the Senate HELP Committee urging a ban on sex-reassignment procedures for minors, noting she began treatment at 12 and had a mastectomy at 15.
She now suffers PTSD, nightmares, numbness and chronic hip-knee pain, which she links to interrupted development and LGBT community harassment after detransitioning.
Shannon Minter, legal director, defended transgender procedures, criticized the ban and echoed Sen. Bernie Sanders that decisions belong to parents, doctors and children.