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Charlie Evans is a British writer and ex-transgender activist. Evans gets money and attention by making it harder for others to get trans healthcare.

Background

Evans was born ~1991. Evans reportedly experienced abuse outside the family as a child. Evans also reportedly experiences generalized anxiety disorder and depression.

Evans has resided in Margate and Newcastle and reportedly has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology, with plans to seek a doctorate.

Ex-trans activism

Evans announced the Detransition Advocacy Network in November 2019.

Six months later, Evans reportedly took a full-time job as a COVID tester and announced a “retirement from the gender wars.” The website was deactivated in late 2021.

References

Stone, Gemma (April 23, 2021). Where is The Detransition Advocacy Network now? Medium https://medium.com/@notCursedE/where-is-the-detransition-advocacy-network-now-f01ec9c9682d

Comerford, Aidan (January 29, 2021). Update thread. https://twitter.com/AidanCTweets/status/1355188820854104069

Staff report (May 12, 2020). The media lies: “100’s of detransitioners” scam EXPOSED. Transiness https://www.transiness.com/post/the-media-lies-100-s-of-detransitioners-scam-exposed

Anti-trans coverage

Lockwood, Sally (October 5, 2019) ‘Hundreds’ of young trans people seeking help to return to original sex. Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/hundreds-of-young-trans-people-seeking-help-to-return-to-original-sex-11827740

Heuchan, Claire (January 23, 2020). I Am No Less of a Woman: Charlie Evans Interview. AfterEllen https://afterellen.com/charlie-evans-interview/

Walsh, Joani (November 16, 2019). Meet the ‘detransitioners’: the women who became men – and now want to go back. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meet-detransitioners-women-became-men-now-want-go-back/

Staff report (November 2, 2019). News in detransition. Gender Health Query https://www.genderhq.org/blog/2019/10/17/news-in-detransition

Media

Women’s Declaration International (WDI) (October 27, 2019). Charlie Evans, Detransition Advocacy Network at WHRC “Inventing the Transgender Child” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I7hS3qrwXQ

Resources

Detransition Advocacy Network (detransadv.com) [archive]

Detransition Advocacy Network (detransadv.net)

Detransition Advocacy Network (thedetransitionadv.wixsite.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Medium (medium.com)

  • @charlie.evans/ [deleted]
  • https://medium.com/@charlie.evans/the-medicalization-of-gender-non-conforming-children-and-the-vulnerability-of-lesbian-youth-10d4ac517e8e

Patreon (patreon.com)

Crowdfunder UK (crowdfunder.co.uk)

  • Website for ‘The Detransition Advocacy Network’
  • https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/website-for-the-detransition-advocacy-network
  • Fundraiser for Debbie Harries
  • https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-debbie-harries
  • Sookie’s Travel to UK [2nd Detrans Meet]
  • https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sookies-travel-to-uk-2nd-detrans-meet

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Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) is an anti-transgender front group. It is part of an anti-trans web farm of similar sites. YouTube designates their videos as “conversion therapy content.” In 2025, CAN-SG became heavily involved in trying to stop NHS from conducting clinical trials on puberty blockers.

Background

CAN-SG was incorporated on June 14, 2023. They weigh in on the following topics:

  • Children and young people’s gender services
  • Puberty blockers
  • Social transition
  • Ethics
  • International perspectives
  • Sex and gender in language, medicine, science and healthcare
  • Conversion therapy

People

Officers

Members include

Contributors cited include

2023 Guardian letter

Following a 2023 Department for Education draft guidance regarding gender questioning children, CAN-SG members expressed conditional support for the draft. Signatories were:

2024 conference

In March 2024, CAN-SG held a conference in London called “Do No Harm.” It featured many key opponents of healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth.

The event was held at 30 Euston Square, the headquarters of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). Following protests from members and the public, RGCP requested that CAN-SG remove all references that suggested RCGP were involved or endorsed the event, which was reportedly booked by Searcys, the venue’s event manager.

RCGP leaders stated:

The RCGP is one of 20 health organisations that have signed a memorandum of understanding opposing conversion therapy, so we were very vocal opponents of the Government’s proposal to ban the practice for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in England and Wales but not for trans people. When the document was updated to include gender identity, we worked with other signatories to ensure the memorandum was clear that being opposed to conversion therapy did not mean opposing appropriate clinical and psychological interventions for trans and gender-questioning people and that it is entirely possible to deliver a ban on conversion therapy that protects all LGBTQ+ people.

RCGP (2024) [emphasis mine]

Three pro-trans protesters were arrested for actions outside the venue.

Promoted organizers, speakers, and panelists:

Webinars

CAN-SG has held a series of webinars featuring its members.

References

Hawthorne, Kamila; Holmes, Mike; Thomas, Mark (February 14, 2024). Statement from Professor Kamila Hawthorne, Chair of Council, Professor Mike Holmes, Chair of Trustees, and Mark Thomas, Acting Chief Executive Officer re: CAN-SG conference. https://www.rcgp.org.uk/News/can-sg-conference-statement

Parr, Eliza (February 12, 2024). RCGP under pressure to cancel ‘gender critical’ conference. Pulse https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/mental-health-and-addiction/rcgp-under-pressure-to-cancel-gender-critical-conference/

Selected anti-trans writing by CAN-SG

CAN-SG (September 20, 2025). Can a clinical trial of puberty blockers in children experiencing gender distress be carried out ethically? https://can-sg.org/2025/09/20/can-a-clinical-trial-of-puberty-blockers-in-children-experiencing-gender-distress-be-carried-out-ethically/

Cashman, Rachel (August 22, 2025). Protecting Children: The NHS Sussex Controversy. https://can-sg.org/2025/08/22/protecting-children-the-nhs-sussex-controversy/

“Maia Poet” (July 28, 2025). My Message to Clinicians on the Overlap Between Autism & Gender Dysphoria. https://can-sg.org/2025/07/28/my-message-to-clinicians-on-the-overlap-between-autism-gender-dysphoria/

CAN-SG (June 30, 2025). Wes Streeting’s Review of Cross-Sex Hormones: a step forward but still a long way to go. https://can-sg.org/2025/06/30/wes-streetings-review-of-cross-sex-hormones-a-step-forward-but-still-a-long-way-to-go/

CAN-SG (July 4, 2025). Gender affirming surgery: a systematic medical deception. https://can-sg.org/2025/07/04/gender-affirming-surgery-a-systematic-medical-deception/

CAN-SG (May 7, 2025). Why Puberty Blocker Trial Faces Ethical Challenges. https://can-sg.org/2025/05/07/why-puberty-blocker-trial-faces-ethical-challenges/

CAN-SG (January 27, 2025). Would a Puberty Blocker trial be ethical? https://can-sg.org/2025/01/27/would-a-puberty-blocker-trial-be-ethical/

CAN-SG (December 31, 2023). Letter: Parents must hold schools to account on gender. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2023/dec/31/parents-must-hold-schools-to-account-on-gender-observer-letters

Block, Jennifer (2023). Gender dysphoria in young people is rising—and so is professional disagreement. BMJ, p382. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p382

Media

The Royal College of Psychiatrists with Tamsin Newlove-Delgado, Matilda Gosling, Raka Maitra, Su Sukumaran, Stella Kingett, and Philippa Greenfield (March 7, 2025). Free Members’ Webinar: International Women’s Day 2025 – From Awareness to Action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDTiXidh9g

Wallace, Nick (March 3, 2025). The Times at One radio interview with Louise Irvine on UK puberty blocker trial. https://genderblog.net/dr-louise-irvine-the-case-against-the-nhs-puberty-blocker-trial/

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust with Stella Kingett (Mar 25, 2020). Lowther Road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-wILNJVVo

Resources

Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (can-sg.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Companies House (find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk)

Vimeo (vimeo.com)

  • CAN-SG
  • vimeo.com/user217256509

Grace Lidinsky-Smith is an “ex-transgender” activist. Lidinsky-Smith’s work has been cited by conservative psychologist Erica Anderson and others seeking to restrict access to healthcare for gender diverse youth and young adults.

Lidinsky-Smith is featured in the anti-trans propaganda piece Detransition Diaries, produced by the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lidinsky-Smith was also featured in anti-trans segments by Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly. Lidinsky-Smith also appeared on podcasts with anti-trans activists Bridget Phetasy, Lesley Stahl, and Graham Linehan. Lidinsky-Smith was also featured in pieces by Emily Bazelon and Azeen Ghorayshi during the New York Times anti-transgender coverage crisis.

Background

Lidinsky-Smith “detransitioned” after making a gender transition as an adult that included hormones as well as top surgery with Sidhbh Gallagher.

Ex-trans activism

Lidinsky-Smith then became active in ex-trans organizations like Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN).

In 2022, Patrick Hunter, Corinna Cohn, and Lidinsky-Smith submitted a proposed presentation to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. They planned to present and discuss work by Hunter, Kenneth Zucker, Riittakerttu Kaltiala, and Lisa Littman. It was rejected.

In 2022, Lidinsky-Smith was featured by both Azeen Ghorayshi and Emily Bazelon in the New York Times during their anti-trans coverage crisis.

In 2022, Lidinsky-Smith was featured in the anti-trans propaganda video The Detransition Diaries by Jennifer Lahl and Kallie Fell, as well as in their 2024 book by the same name.

In 2023, Lidinsky-Smith was featured in the anti-trans book Gender Madness by “Oli London.”

In the 2024 book Bad Ink: How The New York Times Sold Out Transgender Teens, Riki Wilchins noted that Azeen Ghorayshi included Lidinsky-Smith in a piece about teens choosing top surgery, even though Lidinsky-Smith was not a teen:

Ghorayshi also gratuitously introduced Grace Lidinsky-Smith, who transitioned as an adult at age 23 and then detransitioned later. So it turns out this cautionary tale is not about a minor and thus irrelevant to the topic at hand.

She didn’t bother to mention that Lidinsky-Smith is president of Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network, an organization which promotes blanket bans on both youth and adult care, state monitoring of all affirming care, and malpractice lawsuits against care providers. GCCAN also claimed that top surgery is marketed “like cigarette companies used to market tobacco to children.”⁴⁶⁶ ⁴⁶⁷ ⁴⁶⁸ ⁴⁶⁹

Lidinsky-Smith was also featured on 60 Minutes, where Lesley Stahl briefly interviewed a single, unnamed happy trans teen before devoting the bulk of the segment to detransition and regret. She also did not disclose Lidinsky-Smith’s leadership of GCCAN.⁴⁷⁰ ⁴⁷¹ ⁴⁷²

References

Serano, Julia (July 24, 2023). Spotting Anti-Trans Media Bias on Detransition. Medium https://juliaserano.medium.com/spotting-anti-trans-media-bias-on-detransition-a9a782a46894

Burns, Katelyn (March 1 2023). How Journalists Can Responsibly Report on Trans Kids. NBCU Academy https://nbcuacademy.com/trans-kids-journalism/

Hollar, Julie (June 23, 2022). NYT Centers Trans Healthcare Story on Doctors—Not Trans People. FAIR https://fair.org/home/nyt-centers-trans-healthcare-story-on-doctors-not-trans-people/

Factora, James (May 25, 2021). Dear 60 Minutes, There Is No “Both Sides-Ing” Trans Healthcare. them https://www.them.us/story/60-minutes-platforms-detransitioners-trans-healthcare

Ellefson, Lindsey (May 24, 2021). GLAAD Slams ‘Shameful’ ’60 Minutes’ Story on Transgender Youth. The Wrap https://www.thewrap.com/glaad-60-minutes-transgender-youth-cbs-news/

Sarnoff, Marisa (May 24, 2021). GLAAD Calls Out 60 Minutes for ‘Fearmongering’ Segment With ‘Anti-Trans Dog Whistles’ About Transgender Youth. Mediaite https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/glaad-calls-out-60-minutes-for-fearmongering-segment-with-anti-trans-dog-whistles-about-transgender-youth/

Anti-trans coverage

Anllo, L. (2025). Challenges of Sexual Life after Detransition: Trauma, Disenfranchised Grief, and Unmet Needs. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 51(6), 639–651. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2025.2531167

Lahl, Jennifer; Fell, Kallie (2024). The Detransition Diaries. Ignatius Press, ISBN 978-1621646372

“London, Oli” (2023). Gender Madness: One Man’s Devastating Struggle with Woke Ideology and His Battle to Protect Children.  Skyhorse Publishing, ISBN 978-1510778061

Ferguson, Samuel D. (2023). Does God Care about Gender Identity? Crossway, ISBN 978-1433591150

Richards, Gillian (September 20, 2022). These 3 Women Tried Transgenderism, and Then Stopped. The Washington Stand https://washingtonstand.com/news/these-3-women-tried-transgenderism-and-then-stopped

Jackson, Mary (October 6, 2022). “Our voices can no longer be denied”: New films highlight the dangers of the transgender trend. World News Group https://wng.org/articles/our-voices-can-no-longer-be-denied-1664936820

Dreher, Rod (September 28, 2022). Gaslighting Mengeles Who Mutilate Kids. The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/gaslighting-mengeles-who-mutilate-kids/

Ghorayshi, Azeen (September 26, 2022). More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery.’ New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/health/top-surgery-transgender-teenagers.html

Bazelon, Emily (June 15, 2022). The Battle Over Gender Therapy. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.html

James, Sharon (September 24, 2021). The Hidden Harm of Gender Transition. The Gospel Coalition https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/hidden-harm-gender-transition/

Stahl, Lesley (May 23, 2021). State bills would curtail health care for transgender youth. CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-health-care-60-minutes-2021-05-23/

Jones, Kevin J. (June 29, 2021). ‘Gender transition’ regret deserves a voice, says former patient. Catholic News Agency https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248192/gender-transition-regret-deserves-a-voice-says-former-patient

Deese, Kaelan (May 27, 2021). Woman who spoke about detransition responds to ‘unfair’ backlash from transgender activists. Washington Examiner https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2874426/woman-who-spoke-about-detransition-responds-to-unfair-backlash-from-transgender-activists/

Selected writing by Lidinsky-Smith

Lidinsky-Smith, Grace (June 25, 2021). There’s No Standard for Care When it Comes to Trans Medicine | Opinion Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/theres-no-standard-care-when-it-comes-trans-medicine-opinion-1603450

(May 15, 2020). Interview with Dr. Lisa Littman.

Media

Megyn Kelly with Walt Heyer and Grace Lidinsky-Smith (August 4, 2022). Two Detransitioners Share How They Faced Backlash For Simply Sharing Their Stories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNtKHlLjHCc

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and Grace Lidinsky-Smith (May 26, 2022). Grace Lidinsky-Smith Discusses The Gender Lens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAKI07QavXk

Graham Linehan with Grace Lidinsky-Smith (March 10, 2022). Detrans Awareness Day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LIM7uY1itE

Heterodorx with Corinna Cohn, Nina Paley, and Grace Lidinsjy-Smith (July 26, 2021). Episode 27: America’s Most Undercompensated Detranssexual with Grace Lidinsky-Smith. https://heterodorx.com/podcast/americas-most-undercompensated-detranssexual-with-grace-lidinsky-smith/

Stahl, Lesley (May 23, 2021). Health care challenges for transgender youth. CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/video/transgender-health-care-60-minutes-video-2021-05-23/

Resources

X/Twitter (x.com)

Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (gccan.org) [archive]

  • Who We Are [archive]
  • gccan.org/who-we-are

YouTube (youtube.com)

Substack (substack.com)

Ravelry (ravelry.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

IMDb (imdb.com)

Grace Branham is an American “ex-transgender” activist.

Branham served as treasurer for ex-trans organization Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN).

Background

Branham earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 2018 and a graduate certificate from University of Kansas in 2022. Following a stint at a dog daycare facility, in 2022 Branham took a job at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as an animal research technician.

From the GCCAN site:

Grace Branham is a post-operative detransitioner who received gender care from the ages of 15 to 21. S/he did not feel adequately supported by providers before, during, or when ending treatment and believes all consumers deserve high-quality care whether they are considering transition, in the process, or detransitioning. S/he hopes GCCAN’s work will help providers better understand the varied experiences of consumers so they may better serve sexuality- and gender-diverse communities.

References

Alumni spotlight: Grace Branham. IU Department of American Studies. https://americanstudies.indiana.edu/about/alumni-grace.html

Resources

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (gccan.org) [archive]

  • Who We Are [archive]
  • gccan.org/who-we-are

S. Ding Lab (sdinglab.wustl.edu)

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The Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN) was an “ex-transgender” organization that sought to limit trans healthcare options.

“Ex-trans” activists are similar to “ex-gay” activists. Many claim they were cured via “desistance” or “detransition.“

Background

Lee Leveille was one of the founding members and original Vice President. Leveille describes GCCAN’s founding

In August 2019, a detransitioned family therapist named Carey Callahan put out an organizing call to build bridges between trans and detrans people who had experienced medical trauma. The two of us teamed up with Grace Lidinsky-Smith and Corinna Cohn, where we worked to found an advocacy organization aimed at broadening the discussion on effective transgender-related health care. We also sought to do so without any political allegiance, purposefully maintaining distance from individuals or organizations that could weaponize the group’s message for their own gain. It was, by and large, a patient rights organization meant to be by the people for the people. That December, the group went live under the name Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network, or GCCAN.

Leveille resigned in March 2020 due to “the direction I saw the group going in and what damage it could do to people they claimed to represent.”

Members of the group have gone on to testify in support of banning trans healthcare for young people.

In 2024 the site went offline.

Leadership

References

Leveille, Lee (May 19, 2022). My Resignation Letter to Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (GCCAN). Medium https://thatweirdolee.medium.com/my-resignation-letter-to-gender-care-consumer-advocacy-network-gccan-59596eb53f96

Leveille, Lee (January 18, 2021). I’m A Trans Person That Helped Found a “Detransition Advocacy” Organization. Medium https://thatweirdolee.medium.com/im-a-trans-person-that-helped-found-a-detransition-advocacy-organization-57d18572be32

Ring, Trudy (May 4, 2021). 60 Minutes Story Focuses on Transition Regret, Gets Slammed. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/5/24/60-minutes-story-focuses-transition-regret-gets-slammed

Lidinsky-Smith, Grace (June 25, 2021). There’s No Standard for Care When it Comes to Trans Medicine | Opinion Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/theres-no-standard-care-when-it-comes-trans-medicine-opinion-1603450

Resources

Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network (gccan.org) [archive]

  • Who We Are [archive]
  • gccan.org/who-we-are

X/Twitter (x.com)

Prisha Mosley is an American ex-transgender activist. Mosley gets money and attention by making it more difficult for others to get trans healthcare.

Background

Abigail Mosley was born February 14, 1998. Mosley’s parents are Christine Ann Bourgeois-Mosley (born 1968) and Mark Stephen Mosley (born 1962).

Mosley claims to have had “rapid onset gender dysphoria” at 12. Mosley was sexually assaulted at age 14 or 15 (versions differ).

According to Kelsey Bolar at Epoch Times:

Mosley’s parents were both against her “transitioning” as a minor. But because her mother suffered from alcoholism and her own history of mental illness, Mosley “threw away” much of what her mother said. Her father wasn’t sure what to do. Mosley describes him as having a “prove it attitude.” He told Mosley to make her own appointments and see what the professionals recommended.

Mosley then took numerous steps without parental assistance. Mosley socially transitioned in 2013, then over the next two years convinced each parent to consent to medical transition steps. Mosley began hormones at 17, in 2015.

Mosley began using the name Charlie Samael Mosley. As an adult, Mosley chose to get top surgery, in 2016. In 2017, Mosley was allegedly “lured to Florida” by trans peers and got engaged to a trans person, but they later broke up.

Mosley moved to Michigan to attend Ferris State University.

Mosley stopped taking hormones in 2022 and began fundraising for breast reconstruction, but ended up using the money for other things. According to Bolar:

After detransitioning in Florida and leaving an unhealthy relationship she was in with another individual who identified as transgender, Mosley moved to Big Rapids, Michigan, to pursue a job at a local dispensary. It was supposed to be a relaxed environment, but she said she got fired for crying every day. Mosley has since started school but can only take courses online because she doesn’t feel comfortable being seen.

Anti-transgender activism

On October 2, 2022, Mosley posted a YouTube video originally titled “I ruined my life.” In it Mosley claims that “some people in the trans community, and the transmedicalists, and the doctors really really target the most vulnerable of us.”

In that vulnerable state Mosley was then targeted and groomed by conservative and fascist activists. They showered Mosley with money and attention. Because regret is so rare, Mosley got flown around the country to testify against healthcare for trans and gender diverse minors in states where Mosley does not live:

  • Louisiana HB463
  • Ohio SB68
  • Texas HB 1686
  • South Carolina
  • Texas SB14
  • Indiana SB480
  • Florida Board of Medicine

Mosley is heavily invested in metaphors of disease and impairment, identifying as disabled and diseased (mentally ill). This is a kind of attention-seeking behavior.

Mosley’s alleged diseases and health problems include:

  • anorexia (cured)
  • transgender (cured)
  • depression
  • anxiety
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • borderline personality disorder (BPD)
  • “psychosis”
  • “delusions”
  • “permanent damage to my back and ribs”
  • “severe vaginal atrophy”
  • “painful genitals so severe I can no longer use tampons”
  • “never had a normal period”
  • “chronic pain”
  • “I live in a painful body that no longer belongs to me”
  • muscle and fat redistribution left me with “constant burning pain”
  • “hurts to hold myself up”
  • “clumsiness”
  • “my chest is numb except for the occasional zapping pain”
  • “joint pain for the rest of my life”
  • “my back and joints ache constantly”
  • “lost the ability to sing”
  • “painful to speak for long periods”
  • “most likely infertile”
  • “large painful shoulders”
  • “I’m no longer able to regulate my own hormones”
  • “pain tolerance is lower”
  • “overgrown heart”
  • “increased risk for heart attack and stroke”
  • “doctors have abandoned me”
  • “doctors blackmailed my parents”
  • “missing pieces of my nipples”
  • need “at least three more traumatizing surgeries”
  • “I will never be able to feed my children”

Mosley does not seem to take much personal responsibility for these life choices, especially those made as an adult. Until there is some personal responsibility taken, Mosley is doomed to remain a miserable victim cultist.

Jordan Campbell, Ron Miller, Josh Payne, and Daniel Sepulveda are the founders of Campbell Miller Payne, PLLC (CMP), a firm focused on suing providers of trans health services. They and Envisage Law in Raleigh are representing Mosley in litigation against the people who tried to help Mosley, and CMP also represents ex-trans litigant Soren Aldaco in Texas.

On May 20, 2025, Mosley was lead signatory on a letter from Independent Women’s Forum to Congress supporting the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” introduced by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. It was also signed by Annika Bigeleisen, “Chloe Cole,” Emelie Schmidt, LaRell Herbert, Pear Joseph, and Simon B. Amaya Price.

References

Independent Women’s Forum and 7 ex-trans activists (May 20, 2025). Independent Women Supports The Protect Children’s Innocence Act. https://greene.house.gov/uploadedfiles/independent-women.pdf

Astor, Maggie (May 16, 2023) How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/transgender-care-detransitioners.html

Schlott, Rikki (March 15, 2023). ‘Afraid of a life I hadn’t tasted’: Why trans male is back to being a woman. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/why-teen-girl-who-became-a-trans-man-is-now-a-woman-again/

Bolar, Kelsey (November 30, 2022). Mentally Ill Teen Betrayed by Health Professionals Who Recommended Testosterone and ‘Top Surgery.’ Epoch Times https://www.theepochtimes.com/mentally-ill-teen-betrayed-by-health-professionals-who-recommended-testosterone-and-top-surgery_4895309.html https://www.iwf.org/identity-crisis-prisha/

Resources

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

GoFundMe (gofundme.com)

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David Arthur Kendall is an American sex offender and activist in the ex-transgender movement. Kendall gets money and attention by making it more difficult to get trans healthcare. Using the name “David Arthur,” Kendall is featured in the 2023 anti-trans film Affirmation Generation by Laura VanZee-Taylor and Penka Kouneva.

Background

David Arthur Kendall was born October 16, 1972. Kendall has alleged being sexually abused from around the age of 6 and contracting HIV/AIDS in 1986 at age 14.

After making a gender transition, this person used the name Paige Giannetto.

In 2002, Kendall was sentenced to two years and four months in Florida prison for violating Florida Statute 800.04 on May 1, 1995: “Lewdly fondle or assault, commit or simulate sexual acts on or in presence of a child under 16 in a lewd, lascivious or indecent manner.”

In 2004, Kendall was sentenced to two years in prison for failing to meet Florida’s mandatory community notification and registration requirements for sex offenders, among other crimes:

I was arrested on a probation violation for drugs, prostitution and robbing a gas station. I was also charged with failing to register (comply) at the time as well. During the sting operation it was discovered that my “boyfriend”, who was caught with me in our hotel room, was 15 years old. This did not look good for me as a convicted sex offender and I was given the option of another charge or “cash in” my probation for state prison time, I chose the latter. I chose to have no probation in place of prison time.

Kendall was released in 2006 and stopped identifying as Paige in 2012. Kendall has described “deliverance from a very dark life,” including 

  • prostitution
  • sex-trafficking
  • gender confusion/transgenderism (dysphoria)
  • molestation
  • rape
  • drugs
  • alcohol
  • gambling
  • “full blown AIDS”
  • no immune system
  • infections in his brain & blood
  • severe progressive Osteoporosis
  • diabetes
  • etc.

After “the doctors sent him home to die,” Kendall experienced a “moment of grace.” Kendall has described being cured of many problems:

  • gender confusion
  • addictions
  • Chronic Major Depression
  • bipolar
  • anxiety
  • PTSD 
  • lust-filled activity
  • the weight of sin
  • no longer used a walker
  • diabetes was gone
  • HIV/AIDS virus was no longer detectable
  • immune system returned
  • “rescued from the cesspools of gender dysphoria, the lgbTQia TransQueer Gender Cult”

Supreme Court brief

In 2019, Kendall participated in an amicus curiae brief in support of a funeral home that had fired a transgender employee. The brief was submitted by:

  • Public Advocate of the United States
  • Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Poll Watchers
  • I Belong Amen Ministries
  • David Arthur
  • Policy Analysis Center
  • Eagle Forum Foundation
  • Pastor Chuck Baldwin
  • Restoring Liberty Action Committee
  • Center for Morality

Relevant passages from Kendall:

I Belong Amen Ministries is a ministry headed by David Arthur, a former homosexual and former transgender person.

The good news is that transgender status is not immutable, and the mind’s perspective about the body can, and often does, change over time. Consider the situation of David Arthur, one of the amici curiae filing this brief. David Arthur was sexually abused from around the age of five. He was involved in homosexual behavior, and then worked as a transgender prostitute. He contracted HIV/AIDS at age 14, and by age 37 he was on his deathbed. That was in 2009. With his body weakening, in a hospital bed that was placed in his bedroom at home, David Arthur hit rock bottom and turned to God, who rescued him from the captivity of his addictions. Today, he is healthy and strong, and living proof that people are not immutably transgendered or homosexual. On his website,8 David summarized the matter as follows:

Using myself as an illustration, as a former homosexual, and former transgender person, with decades of experience in that world, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that homosexuality (including transgenderism) is absolutely mutable and curable!

God has created each one of us in a heterosexual design which cannot be altered. We are born male or female. Our DNA makes us male or female and no surgery in the world can change our DNA. Changing our sex/gender is not possible. Indeed, homosexuality is not truly a sexual orientation at all, but just one type of sin, and a type of bondage. Those who tell us that homosexuality is just one of many sexual orientations seek to keep us in bondage, whether they know it or not.

Once we embrace our heterosexual design, we can find the freedom from the bondage of homosexuality. Being set free from homosexuality (including transgenderism) is just as desirable, just as real, and just as common, as a drug addict being set free from the bondage and hold of drugs. Our “true self” is exactly who we were created to be from conception….

Public Advocate of the United States (2019)

Maine First Project

In 2022, Shawn McBreairty of the far-right Maine First Project teamed up with Kendall to attack trans people.

In April, McBreairty’s podcast featured David Arthur Kendall, who describes himself as a former transgender woman and former prostitute. “Changing sex is not an option,” his website says. He describes being transgender as a type of “confusion” or “mental disorder”—a compelling story for transphobic groups like Maine First Project.

McBreairty subsequently returned the favor by appearing on Kendall’s podcast.

Goforth (2022)

Maine School Administrative District #1

In 2022, Kendall showed up at a local school board meeting to “gender identity movement is dangerous.”

Kendall said the LBGTQ agenda is dangerous because it can force sexual identity on children and lead to gender confusion. 

Kendall described himself as being a transgender woman for years, and said he was seduced into the LGBTQ movement. He identifies as a gay man and said he is glad he wasn’t placed on puberty blockers that would have affected his growth and development. He alluded to past behaviors and said he has since reformed his life. 

“Please let these children know it’s OK to be gay,” Kendall said. “They don’t have to run into the arms of a rainbow movement that is bound to destroy them, body and soul.”

Brewer (2022)

No Way Back

Kendall is featured in the 2023 anti-trans film Affirmation Generation by Laura VanZee-Taylor and Penka Kouneva.

Below are Kendall’s comments throughout the film before they were deleted:

As a child, what I didn’t know, I didn’t call it internalized homophobia because I didn’t know the term for it, but that’s when I started noticing the stigma over homosexuality. I recognized the guilting, the shaming of same-sex attraction within society and culture alone.

Because of the estrogen, I have severe bone loss. First, it was osteopenia then it turned into osteoporosis, and the bone loss was severe, so severe I was hunched over, couldn’t stand up straight, walking with a walker.

Even though I didn’t want it, I never wanted the full surgery, I was contemplating on going to Thailand to get the complete sexual reassignment surgery, which is what they called it then. Now it’s called gender affirming surgery. So first I was going to New York to get castrated and to get more work, more silicone, put in my body. I was on Coney Island with two trannies that had already had complete sexual reassignment surgery. And we are laughing and joking and having a good old time, and then they both looked at me, and one of them said, “Don’t do it.” And I said, “Don’t do what?” And he said, “All of my life I thought that if I could just become a woman, I would find peace and joy and happiness.” And he said, “And now that I am legally and medically a woman, I am more miserable now than I was my entire life.” He said, “I think about taking my life every day.”  And the other one said “I think about taking my life several times a day every day.” 

Everyone that knew me, they would’ve argued with anybody that “Paige” was content and secure and happy, and just being the person she was meant to be. And none of them had a clue that I was depressed, that I was bitter, that I hated myself, that I attempted to take my life quite a few times. Even the young queens that looked up to me, that would come and stay at my apartment, they didn’t know that. And then come to now, when I think back and I think, “Wow, how many of them felt the same way?” I recognize that I was just living a lie. I became the lie. I was the lie. 

It’s lonely enough being a detransitioner, and not having the support of a group of friends that you can go out and have fun with, right? Like when you were in that movement.

There’s no reasoning behind most of what is spewed by trans activists. No reasoning. And I know this because I was one, right? As a pawn for the movement, I was one. Not only was I a victim, I victimized young boys. I helped young boys into the movement. I watched boys be seduced into the movement and then passed around and profited off of. And then, when they were no more good, tossed out in the garbage, and then they became the groomers. And so I know that being that is just emotionally driven. It’s all about thoughts and feelings, thoughts and feelings. There is no real reality in that world. 

I think that one of my biggest goals is to make young people understand that you can just be gay, and it’s OK.

References

Supreme Court of the United States (August 23, 2019). Amicus Curiae in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-107/229226/20220630125559710_Harris%20Funeral%20amicus%20brief%20on%20the%20merits.pdf

Brewer, Paula (May 20, 2022). School board allows registered sex offender to speak at meeting. The County https://thecounty.me/2022/05/20/news/education/school-board-allows-registered-sex-offender-to-speak-at-meeting/

Goforth, Claire (May 31, 2022). Far-right organization in Maine obsessed with ‘grooming’ in schools accidentally platformed a convicted sex offender. Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/debug/maine-first-project-platformed-sex-offender-schools/

Christine Niles (May 20, 2023). Ex-Trans Prostitute Exposes LGBT ‘Cult.’ Forward Boldly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2BuMg0zzPY

Resources

Florida Sex Offender Registry (offender.fdle.state.fl.us)

Maine Sex Offender Registry (sor.informe.org)

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

I Belong Amen Ministries (ibelongamen.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

  • david-kendall-b9a06263 [deleted]

Substack (substack.com)

“Chloe Cole” is the stage name of Chloe Brockman, an American ex-transgender activist. Similar to the ex-gay movement, ex-trans activists get money and attention by making it harder for others to get trans healthcare. Many claim to have been cured of being trans via “desistance” or “detransition.”

Background

Chloe Elise Brockman was born July 27, 2004.

Brockman’s mother is Jocelyn V. (Torrecampo) Brockman (born 1968), a perioperative nurse who has worked for Kaiser Permanente. Jocelyn Brockman married Jeffrey Allen “Jeff” Brockman (born 1971), an IT entrepreneur who was raised in a Mormon household.

Chloe Brockman has four adult siblings: Jacob, Chelsea, Maddie, and Calvin. They are a blended family. Chloe Brockman grew up in Manteca, California. As a child, Brockman had two cleft palate repair surgeries.

Brockman had an “emotionally troubled” childhood that included several assessments and diagnoses:

  • September 12, 2012 (age 8): “disruptive behavior disorder”
  • November 26, 2013 (age 9): “encounter for school problem”
  • October 9, 2015 (age 11): “attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD)

According to self-reports, Brockman came out as trans after exhibiting gender-diverse behavior starting about age 9, around the time puberty started. Brockman created an Instagram account at 11. In May 2017, at age 12, Brockman wrote a letter to both parents, asking to be referred to as a boy and by the names Ky or Chi.

On November 30, 2017, Brockman had a consultation with an endocrinologist who advised against beginning hormone therapy. The family sought a second opinion on Brockman’s insistence and gave legal consent for medical transition.

In early 2018, at age 13, Brockman began a medical transition under the care of endocrinologist Lisa Taylor, with puberty blockers followed by testosterone injections starting a month later.

At age 14, Brockman’s chest was groped at school by a bully. This traumatic event led to daily use of a chest binder. Brockman asked Taylor for a referral to plastic surgeon Hop Le. Brockman then had a psychological evaluation with Susanne Watson, who recommended honoring Brockman’s request for top surgery.

Amid the pressure of trying to help their troubled child, Brockman’s parents filed for divorce in 2019.

Brockman began using the given name Leo and was encouraged to attend classes with a family peer group of other transmasculine minors. Brockman’s surgery occurred following parental consent. On June 3, 2020, Brockman underwent top surgery a month before turning 16. During COVID quarantine in the summer of 2020, Brockman started to have “regrets” before discontinuing hormones in May 2021. According to the 2023 lawsuit, Brockman “became intensely suicidal for the first time and prone to emotional outbursts.” Elsewhere in the lawsuit, they claim Brockman was exhibiting “passive suicidal ideation” around the time Jeff and Jocelyn filed for divorce (which it appears they never finalized).

Brockman failed out of high school as a senior and had to get a California High School Proficiency Exam Certificate instead. As failure, isolation, and rejection took their toll, Brockman was radicalized by conservative edgelord online culture. Anti-transgender activism soon followed. This brought Brockman to the attention of Harmeet Dhillon and other conservative or fascist activists, who began showering Brockman with money and attention.

2022

February: Creates Twitter account ChoooCole

April: Creates Twitter account puddingpandan

April 19: Profiled by Suzy Weiss (sister of Bari Weiss)

April 19: Do No Harm Foundation’s Stanley Goldfarb announces launch; later funds some of Brockman’s activism

May: Testifies against gender-affirming care in Ohio

June 28: Testifies against gender-affirming care in California (SB107)

July: Turns 18

July: Testifies against Medicaid coverage for trans healthcare in Florida

July 13: Registers imperfectlyme.org

July 15: Creates GoFundMe

July 24: Conservative IT entrepreneur Steven Corpus “Steve” Beddoe registers the corporation Trenderz LLC in California as part of the domain and GoFundMe marketing campaign. “Trender” is a slur in toxic online communities to describe people who allegedly make a gender transition because it’s trendy.

September: Supports “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” by Marjorie Taylor Greene

September: Testifies against California becoming a sanctuary state for children seeking gender-affirming care

September 28: Interview with David Freiheit of Viva Frei

October 9: Appears on a Twitch stream with other conservative trans media figures Blaire White, Buck Angel, “Shape Shifter,” Fabian Liberty, “TullipR,” and “Taftaj”

October 21: Creates Instagram account chooocole

October: Speaks at “Rally to End Child Mutilation” in Tennessee

October 8: starts a YouTube channel and interviews other ex-trans activists, including Katie Anderson, Layla Jane, Jade Martin, Maia Poet, and Luke Healy. Cole also posts speeches from rallies, testimony against gender affirming care for minors, and attacking trans-supportive public figures like John Oliver and Neil Degrasse Tyson.

October 27: Preaches at Godspeak Cavalry Chapel

November 9: Announces notice of intent to sue

November 11: Interview with Tucker Carlson

November 17: Interview with Tulsi Gabbard

December 12: Interview with Rita Panahi of Sky News Australia

December 22: Interview with Marissa Streit of PragerU

December 22: Interview with Glenn Beck

2023

January 2: Interview with Jordan Peterson

January 6: Interview with Drea Humphrey of Rebel News

January 12: Profile on The Daily Signal

January 12: Interview with Kevin Roberts for The Heritage Foundation

January 24: Testifies in support of Utah ban on gender-affirming care for minors (House Bill 132)

January: Speaks at “Teens Against Gender Mutilation Rally” in Tennessee

January: Speaks at Parents on Patrol panel “Stolen Innocence: A Panel on the Insidious Ideology Infecting Your Children’s Education”

January 31: Testified in support of Tennessee House Bill and Senate Bill 1 banning gender affirming care for minors

February 6: Interview with Megyn Kelly

February 6: Profile on Independent Women’s Forum

February: Supports Idaho ban on gender-affirming care for minors (House Bill 71,); her appearance was financed by conservative Idaho Freedom Foundation

February: Testifies in favor of Kansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors (Senate Bill 233)

February 17: Testifies in favor of South Dakota HB 1080 banning gender-affirming care for minors

February 21: addressed the Florida House Health & Human Services Committee

March 3: Appears on a panel at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

March 12: Appears with six ex-trans activists in Sacramento for “Detransition Awareness Day”

March 28: Interview with Charlie Kirk and Jack Posobiec

April 17: Appears at Dartmouth Republicans event in New Hampshire

April 20: Testifies in favor of New Hampshire Parental Rights Bill

May 2: Testifies in favor of Louisiana ban on gender-affirming care for minors (House Bill 463)

April 19: Testifies in favor of New Hampshire Bill SB272 banning gender-affirming care for minors

May 26: Testifies in favor of House Bill 454 banning gender-affirming care for minors

2023 lawsuit

On February 22, 2023 conservative lawyers filed suit in California, alleging Brockman was a victim of medical negligence.

Plaintiff

  • Chloe E. Brockman a/k/a Chloe Cole

Defendants

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc.
  • Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
    • Lisa Kristine Taylor, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist
    • Hop Nguyen Le, MD, a plastic surgeon
    • Susanne E. Watson, PhD, a clinical psychologist
  • Does 1 through 50

Brockman’s lawyers

  • Charles S. LiMandri
  • Paul M. Jonna
  • Robert E. Weisenburger
  • Harmeet K. Dhillon
  • John-Paul S. Deol
  • Jesse D. Franklin-Murdock
  • Mark E. Trammell

The lawyers claim Brockman has had these conditions:

  • pornography addiction
  • disruptive behavior disorder (diagnosed September 12, 2012)
  • encounter for school problem (diagnosed November 26, 2013)
  • ADHD (diagnosed October 9, 2015)
  • general anxiety
  • social anxiety
  • speech difficulties
  • depression
  • pubertal struggles associated with significantly increased negative emotions
  • body dysmorphia and serious self-image concerns
  • symptoms of an eating disorder
  • learning disabilities
  • autism spectrum symptoms
  • a cleft palate for which surgery had been performed
  • concerns about being sexually abused or raped, that eventually materialized into a sexual assault
  • exposure to only negative aspects about being female, without any discussion of the positive aspects of being female, including menstrual cycles, pregnancy, childbirth, male domination, and similar distorting ideas
  • difficulty at school
  • trouble with social interaction and learning
  • social troubles
  • severe distress
  • ongoing confusion regarding her gender
  • suicidal ideation

They put forth the “social contagion” model that claims Brockman was misled by LGBT activist groups and transgender social media influencers.

They also make the common ex-trans claim: “The fact that Plaintiff detransitioned after the so-called treatment establishes res ipsa loquitor that Plaintiff was not transgender.”

On May 20, 2025, Brockman was a signatory on a letter from Independent Women’s Forum to Congress supporting the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” introduced by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. It was also signed by Prisha Mosley, Emelie Schmidt, LaRell Herbert, Pear Joseph, Annika Bigeleisen, and Simon B. Amaya Price.

References

Independent Women’s Forum and 7 ex-trans activists (May 20, 2025). Independent Women Supports The Protect Children’s Innocence Act. https://greene.house.gov/uploadedfiles/independent-women.pdf

Astor, Maggie (May 16, 2023) How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/transgender-care-detransitioners.html

Abou-Diwan, Antoine (February 28, 2023). Stockton woman one of few to sue over transgender surgery. California Lawyer https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/371380-stockton-woman-one-of-few-to-sue-over-transgender-surgery

Suratos, Pete (February 23, 2023). Kaiser Permanente sued over hormone therapy. NBC Bay Area https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/kaiser-permanente-sued-over-hormone-therapy/3164935/

Allday, Erin (February 23, 2023). Conservative group sues Kaiser Permanente over transgender care. San Francisco Chronicle.  https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/anti-trans-lawsuit-17801484.php

Schemmel, Alec (February 7, 2023). ‘Hateful, dangerous’: Event warning about consequences of gender transitions dropped. KATV.  https://katv.com/news/nation-world/hateful-dangerous-event-warning-about-consequences-of-gender-transitions-dropped-eventbrite-trans-transgender-gender-identity-transgenderism-parents-on-patrol

Holmes, Brian; Baertlein, Andrew (February 2, 2023). Idaho bill to ban gender affirming care for minors is met with opposing perspectives. KTVB7. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/politics/local-idaho-bill-to-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-is-met-with-opposing-perspectives/277-217363de-44ba-4e9e-9fec-69c5c66a9936

Clark, Quinn (January 27, 2023). Panel of right-wing activists claim schools are ‘sexually grooming’ children by teaching gender identity, event at Pewaukee hotel draws protests. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/lake-country/2023/01/27/parents-on-patrol-event-at-ingleside-hotel-in-pewaukee-draws-protest/69845712007/

McKellar, Katie (January 24, 2023). Utah lawmakers reject hardline ban on transgender treatments for kids. Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/1/24/23568290/transgender-surgeries-hormone-therapy-utah-legislature-lgbtq-law

Davis, Chris; West, Emily (January 31, 2023). Bill restricting gender-affirming care among minors nudged forward in Tennessee legislature. News Channel 5. 

Mipro, Rachel (January 13, 2023). New bill would ban gender-affirming medication and surgery for Kansans under the age of 21. Kansas Reflector. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/bill-restricting-gender-affirming-care-among-minors-nudged-forward-in-tennessee-legislature

Ashley, Asia Ashley (September 28, 2022). Rep. Taylor Greene promotes bill to nationally ban services that alter children’s gender. The Cullman Times. https://www.cullmantimes.com/news/rep-taylor-greene-promotes-bill-to-nationally-ban-services-that-alter-childrens-gender/article_8e523a90-3de1-11ed-bf3b-c7a04869120b.html

Ennis, Dawn (September 11, 2022). California ex-trans teen is national right-wing media’s darling. Los Angeles Blade. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/09/11/california-ex-trans-teen-is-national-right-wing-medias-darling/

 Yurcaba, Jo (October 29, 2022). Florida medical board votes to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. NBC News. 

Villarreal, Daniel (October 28, 2022). GOP senator speaks at transphobic rally where people threatened to kill doctors. LGBTQ Nation. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/10/gop-senator-speaks-transphobic-rally-people-threatened-kill-doctors/

Gingerich, Mia (October 27, 2022). Death threats, Proud Boys, and homophobic bigots: Matt Walsh’s anti-trans rally drew a crowd of extremists. Media Matters for America. https://www.mediamatters.org/matt-walsh/death-threats-proud-boys-and-homophobic-bigots-matt-walshs-anti-trans-rally-drew-crowd

Herner, Hannah (October 21, 2022). Anti-Trans rally led by Matt Walsh brings right-wing media stars to Nashville. Nashville Scene.  https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/anti-trans-rally-led-by-matt-walsh-brings-right-wing-media-stars-to-nashville/article_62c08340-5160-11ed-81bb-53478d4387aa.html

Kam, Dara (July 9, 2022). Florida’s transgender treatment rule draws raucous response. WUWF https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/florida-medical-board-votes-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-mino-rcna54632

Weiss, Suzy (April 19, 2022). The testosterone hangover. Common Sense / The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/the-testosterone-hangover

Masters, Hamilton Matthew (January 30, 2022). Proud Boys and LGBTQ rights supporters face off in Murfreesboro. Nashville Scene.  https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/proud-boys-and-lgbtq-rights-supporters-face-off-in-murfreesboro/article_4434885c-a0c7-11ed-9435-df49b232d251.html

San Joaquin County Superior Courts (May 14, 2019). Jocelyn Brockman v. Jeffrey Brockman Stockton Family Law Courthouse, Judge Robin Appel presiding. https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sj-jocelyn-brockman-vs-jeffrey-brockman-565410

Resources

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

  • Chloe Cole
  • transdatalibrary.org/person/chloe-cole

Chloe Cole (chooocole.com) [parked]

X/Twitter (x.com)

GoFundMe (gofundme.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Young America’s Foundation (yaf.org)

Billy Burleigh is an American engineer and ex-transgender activist. Burleigh gets money and attention by making it more difficult for others to get trans healthcare.

Background

Clifton Francis “Billy” Burleigh, Jr. was born in November of 1966. Burleigh claims to have had several childhood issues, “including a speech impediment, a learning disability, and childhood sexual abuse.”

Burleigh attended Louisiana State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1991 and a master’s degree in 1993. After college, Burleigh had therapy for five to six years until “I told my therapist that I wanted to transition.”

Burleigh has worked as a hydraulic engineer at Motion Industries and transitioned on the job there. Around 1999, Burleigh started taking hormones, and about three years later had bottom surgery and facial surgery. During this time, Burleigh used the name Billie Frances Burleigh and worked at Belcan and Parker Hannifin.

Burleigh claims to have lived as a woman from ages 31 to 38. Around 2004, “After presenting myself as a woman for seven years, I detransitioned.” The process took about three years.

After making additional gender changes, Burleigh worked at Fluid Power Systems Consultants, Kemper Engineering Services, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Geocent, SpaceX, and ManTech.

Anti-trans activism

In 2017, Burleigh legally changed name and gender in Santa Barbara County Superior Courts.

Burleigh has gone on to be a key figure in testifying against trans healthcare at the state and federal levels:

Amicus Clifton Francis (“Billy”) Burleigh Jr.’s biography is brief, however, his personal background still brings a valuable perspective to this case. Mr. Burleigh was one of the many who contacted Mr. Heyer, regretting the decision to transition. Initially, when Mr. Burleigh first transitioned to identifying as a female, he was excited. Unfortunately, soon after the transition he felt discomfort identifying as a female, and states that, “I was better off as I was before the surgery, before the hormone treatment.” After six years of identifying as a woman, Mr. Burleigh started maturing in his relationship with Jesus and, as a result, learned the truth – that he was not female — and a desire grew in his heart to transition back to identifying as male. After seven years of identifying as a female, Mr. Burleigh underwent surgery to revert back to identifying as male.

Burleigh has been active in Lompoc Foursquare Church.

References

Astor, Maggie (May 16, 2023) How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/transgender-care-detransitioners.html

https://ia902301.us.archive.org/4/items/gov.uscourts.ared.128159/gov.uscourts.ared.128159.45.27.pdf

-https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-107/113528/20190824011904782_18-107%20Amicus%20Brief%20of%20Walt%20Heyer%20et%20al..pdf

-https://trellis.law/case/17cv03328/matter-clifton-francis-burleigh-jr

-https://bels.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2010-Agendas-Minutes.pdf

Resources

Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Detrans Foundation is a website run by anti-transgender therapists. It is part of the “ex-transgender” movement.

Background

The Detrans Foundation website was founded in April 2022.

Key people

Anti-trans article list

Detrans Foundation’s recommended reading list features many key figures in the ex-trans movement:

  • Terry A Adirim
  • David A Klein
  • Christina M Roberts
  • Elie Vandenbussche

Resources

Detrans Foundation (detransfoundation.com)