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Morgan Hale / Morgan Keller and transgender people

Morgan Hale aka Morgan Keller is an American ex-transgender activist. Hale gets money and attention by making it harder for others to get trans healthcare.

Hale filed a lawsuit against the practitioners who helped. The case was dismissed in July 2025.

Legislative testimony

In November 2023, the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee convened to hear House Bill 68, a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, force them into medical detransition, and ban trans women from women’s sports. Keller gave testimony. According to an article by Erin Reed:

Another detransitioner, Morgan Keller, testified for the first time that she detransitioned due to being “seduced” by “gender ideology” and a belief that her gender identity was a “delusion.” She left out an important part of her own detransition journey, however; Keller, when posting online about her detransition, stated that the actual reason she detransitioned was because she had a religious experience that resulted in an intense dream where God told her she was on the wrong path. Religious experiences like this are common in both the ex-gay and the religious detransitioner communities, which often teach that being LGBTQ+ goes against God’s will.

References

Morgan Hale v. Equitas Health, Inc, Mary Beth Rivard, and Ashley Laughlin Wilder. 4-cv-00253 https://trellis.law/case/39049/24-cv-002533/morgan-hale-vs-equitas-health-inc-vs-equitas-health-inc-et-al

Wildow, Samantha (March 11, 2024). Gender-affirming care debate underlines health care challenges in LGBTQ+ community. Dayton Daily News https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/gender-affirming-care-debate-underlines-health-care-challenges-in-lgbtq-community/KW2KFOOVVBAU5KEVLB54F6AM7Q/

Reed, Erin (November 29, 2023). Ohio Trans Ban Proponents Push Family Rejection, Conversion Therapy For Trans People In Hearing. Erin In The Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/ohio-trans-ban-proponents-push-family

Coverage in anti-trans press

Sadler, Ashley (Nov 29, 2023). Young woman who ‘detransitioned’ defends Ohio bill banning transgender mutilation of children. LifeStite News https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/young-woman-who-detransitioned-defends-ohio-bill-banning-transgender-mutilation-of-children/

Resources

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