{"id":1984970,"date":"2023-07-28T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highlights-from-the-house-hearing-on-transgenderism\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:25:06","slug":"highlights-from-the-house-hearing-on-transgenderism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highlights-from-the-house-hearing-on-transgenderism\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Points from House Hearing on Transgenderism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhighlights-from-the-house-hearing-on-transgenderism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing on the horrors of child <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidate-dr-oz-had-repeatedly-platformed-transgender-activists-on-tv-show\/\" title=\"GOP Candidate Dr. Oz Had Repeatedly Platformed Transgender Activists on TV Show\">transgender medical interventions<\/a> Thursday. Here are the\u200d highlights:<\/p>\n<h2>Chloe \u200dCole: &#8216;Let Me Be\u2063 Your Final Warning&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Chloe Cole, a 19-year-old detransitioner who had a double mastectomy, testified before lawmakers about the &#8220;nightmare&#8221; she experienced as a victim of adolescent transgender ideology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s caused permanent changes\u200b to my body. My voice will forever be deeper, my jawline sharper, my nose longer,&#8221; she said. &#8220;My\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highlights-from-the-house-hearing-on-transgenderism\/\" title=\"Key Points from House Hearing on Transgenderism\">bone structure permanently\u200c masculinized<\/a>.\u200d My Adam&#8217;s apple more prominent. My fertility unknown. I look in \u2064the mirror sometimes, and I feel\u200b like a monster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My childhood was ruined, along with thousands \u2064of detransitioners that I know through our \u200dnetworks,&#8221; Cole said, after beginning medical attempts to \u2064transition at the age of 12.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n      <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong>\u26a0\ufe0fA POWERFUL WARNING:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChoooCole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChoooCole<\/a> testifies before Congress about why we must protect\u200d children \u2062&#038; young\u2062 adults from becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-must-stop-using-the-jargon-of-progressive-activists-in-trans-ideology-debate\/\" title=\"Conservatives Must Stop Using the Jargon of Progressive Activists in Trans Ideology Debate\">lifelong medical patients<\/a> \u2063at the hands of &#8216;gender affirming care.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u203c\ufe0f&#8221;My\u200d childhood \u2063was ruined, along with thousands of\u200b detransitioners. This needs to stop.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k6rN4RzNc0\">pic.twitter.com\/k6rN4RzNc0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>      <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Cole announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/detransitioner-chloe-cole-announces-lawsuit-hospitals-pushing-medical-mutilation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> in \u2064February against the doctors who \u2062operated on her.<\/p>\n<h2>Cole Addresses Parent Of Trans-Identified Daughter<\/h2>\n<p>Cole broke down in the hearing when at one point, she addressed another witness on the panel who is a professional counselor and parent of \u200ba child in \u2064pursuit\u200b of transgender medical interventions. Myriam Reynolds \u2064is\u200d the \u200dmother of \u2064an 18-year-old daughter who \u2064has <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/reynolds-testimony.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">identified<\/a> \u200cas male \u2064since she was 11 years old with parental\u200b encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>When Texas Republican Congressman Chip Roy asked Cole to respond to the other witnesses on the panel, Cole \u2063directed her \u200cremarks to Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understood that Mrs. \u2064Reynolds is scared for her child, and\u2063 I \u2062just want\u200b to set the record straight that I don&#8217;t hate her; I don&#8217;t think anybody\u200c in this room hates her,&#8221; said Cole. &#8220;In fact, \u200bI see my own mother and my own father in her and that clearly \u2063she really loves her child,\u2063 and she&#8217;s doing the\u200c best \u2064with what she&#8217;s been given.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not much, and for \u2062that, I&#8217;m sorry. \u200dI think every\u200d parent deserves the utmost grace and guidance with how to help their child. That being said, I don&#8217;t wish for her child\u2063 to have\u200b the same result that I did,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n    <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>Lia Thomas Teammate Says Swimmers Were Told To Undergo &#8216;Re-education&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Paula Scanlan, \u2064a former swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, testified she and her\u200b teammates were compelled to \u200bchange in the women&#8217;s\u2063 locker\u2062 room with male teammate Lia Thomas by school athletic officials &#8220;18 times per week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we tried to voice our concern to the Athletic Department, we were told that Lia swimming and being in \u2062our locker room was non-negotiable,\u200b and we were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-times-per-week-former-teammate-of-lia-thomas-recalls-humiliation-of-undressing\/\" title=\"Former teammate recalls humiliation of Lia Thomas undressing 18 times per week.\">offered psychological services<\/a> \u2063to attempt to re-educate us to become comfortable with the idea of undressing in front of a male,&#8221; Scanlan said. &#8220;To\u200d sum \u2064up the university&#8217;s\u200d response: we, the women, were the problem, not the victims. We were expected to conform \u2014 to move over and\u2064 shut \u2063up. Our feelings didn&#8217;t matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n      <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Paula\u200c Scanlan, who was on swim team with Lia Thomas, testifies:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While many of you already know this what\u200c you do not know is the experiences of the women \u2062on the University of Pennsylvania swim team. My teammates and I were forced to \u2062undress in the presence of Lia, a 6&#8217;4&#8221; tall\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37USaJ1YeY\">pic.twitter.com\/37USaJ1YeY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>      <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Scanlan testified the school required women to change in front of their male peers despite prior history as victims of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know of women with sexual trauma who are adversely impacted by having biological males\u200c in their locker room without their consent,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I am one of these women. I was sexually assaulted on June 3, 2016, in a bathroom. I\u2063 was able to forgive my attacker, but violence against women still exists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas became a mascot of male domination over women&#8217;s sports when he began to rack up championship titles over female competition.\u2062 Last year, Thomas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biologically-male-swimmer-annihilates-female-competitors-in-500-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won<\/a> first place \u200cin the \u200dNCAA Women&#8217;s Swimming\u2064 Championship in the 500-yard freestyle.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrat Recommends &#8216;Barriers&#8217; In Women&#8217;s Locker Rooms<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen offered a\u200b solution to female athletes uncomfortable with\u200b men in women&#8217;s locker rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Penn didn&#8217;t deal with your\u200d situation like they could \u2063have and \u200dshould have,&#8221; Cohen said to Scanlan, explaining how\u200d the school should have put up\u200b &#8220;some type \u2064of different barriers in the women&#8217;s area \u2063of the locker\u200b room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost as if \u200bseparated locker rooms could do the trick.<\/p>\n<figure>\n    <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the\u200c western correspondent for The Federalist and\u2064 the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on\u2063 culture, health,\u2062 and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily\u200b Signal. His work has \u200balso been featured in \u2063Real Clear Politics and Fox News. \u200cTristan graduated from George Washington University where he \u2064majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on\u2062 Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact \u2064him at\u2063 Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up \u200dfor Tristan&#8217;s email\u2062 newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government conducted a hearing on the distressing effects of child transgender medical interventions. 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