Luka Hein is an American ex-transgender activist. Hein gets money and attention by making it more difficult for others to get trans healthcare.
Background
Luka “Bunny” Hein was born January 29, 2002. Hein is a Minnesota native and grew up in Nebraska.
Hein had a “rough home life” and claims, “I was a young teenager with a history of mental health issues who was groomed and preyed upon online” which reached “the point of authorities getting involved.”
Hein’s parents were “scared” but supportive of Hein’s requests for trans healthcare after reportedly being “bullied and emotionally blackmailed” by healthcare professionals.
Hein received care at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Hein’s chest “was the biggest issue” and led to binding. In 2018, Hein requested and received top surgery with parental consent, then started hormones.
Hein stopped testosterone at age 20. Hein moved to Wisconsin for school and began traveling the country testifying against trans healthcare.
2023 lawsuit
The same activist law firm representing the handful of American ex-trans activists filed suit in Nebraska in 2023.
According to the filing, Hein’s alleged disorders, diseases, “comorbidities,” problems, and maladies include:
- parents divorced in 2015 (age 13)
- struggled in school
- could not concentrate
- lost motivation
- anxiety
- panic attacks
- lost appetite
- easily angered
- cutting
- suicidal ideation
- placed in a “partial care psychiatric program” (February 2017)
- diagnosed depression (2017)
- diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder (2017)
- prescribed antipsychotic medication
- groomed online by an older man
- sent sexually explicit pictures to older man
- police investigation after man made threats
- traumatized
- returned to a “partial care psychiatric program” (May 2017)
- antipsychotic medication increased
- prescribed SSRI
Coming out as trans (June 2017)
- hated menses
- uncomfortable with developing breasts
- found transgender influencers online
- ordered a chest binder
- transferred from an all-girls school
- moved from childhood home
- changed name
- began identifying as male
- referred to UNMC Gender Clinic
UNMC Gender Clinic
- met with Megan Smith-Sallans (July 2017)
- met with Nahia Jean Amoura
- diagnosed gender identity disorder (2017)
- prescribed Xanax (August 2017)
More mental health care
- stopped going to school
- returned to a “partial care psychiatric program” (September 2017)
- prescribed ADHD medication (September 2017)
- overwhelmed by the custody arrangements
- loneliness
UNMC Gender Clinic
- referred for requested top surgery (October 2017)
- Met with Perry Johnson, who noted “Typically, we would wait until the patient is a little bit older, but this would be influenced by the potential negative impact psychologically on the patient by prolonging the transition. […] I would require a letter from the patient’s therapist regarding the appropriateness of the operation and the appropriateness of the timing of the procedure.”
- preoperative evaluation (July 3, 2018)
- top surgery with Perry, assisted by Stephen Barrientos (July 26, 2018, age 16)
- prescribed testosterone by Amoura (November 2018, age 16)
- parents did not consent to hysterectomy
- legal adulthood (January 29, 2020)
- quit taking testosterone (late 2022, age 20)
- informed Amoura of change in gender identity (January 10, 2023, age 20)
The lawsuit cites 2019 publications by anti-trans activists Paul Hruz and James Cantor.
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
Siegel, Marc (December 19, 2022). Detransitioning becomes growing choice among young people after gender-affirming surgery. Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/health/detransitioning-becomes-growing-choice-young-people-gender-affirming-surgery
Nebraska Health and Human Services Committee (February 8, 2023). https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Transcripts/Health/2023-02-08.pdf
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