The term “detransitioners” refers to mentally troubled transgender people who choose to stop living as the opposite sex and return to biological reality.
Chloe Cole, 21, has become the face of the detransition movement. She was a 13-year-old when she began identifying as a boy through puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone treatments. She underwent a double mastectomy at age 15.
Jonathan Covey, director of policy at Texas Values, tells AFN healthcare companies and medical companies should not be politicized over the issue of transgenderism.
Texas Values testified in favor of SB 1257 at House and Senate hearings.
“Those who want to pursue the reality of their sex should be able to do that,” he argues, “but a lot of times now, we're having insurance companies who no longer want to pay to allow gender transitions.”
Covey says the ability to restore a person’s body can vary greatly depend on how severe – and how irreversible – their original “transition” went.
“In many cases the roadblock is not the medical procedures,” he advises. “It's the ability to pay for the mitigation treatments and for the procedures.”
Thanks to a 2023 law, minors in Texas are barred from undergoing body-altering surgeries and treatments in the state.
