Lois Cardinal is a Canadian ex-transgender activist. Cardinal identifies as a “Genocided Sterilized FN [First Nations] Real Post Op Transsexual. Biological Male. Ex-Gay, now straight.”
Background
Lois Cardinal made a gender transition as a young adult between 2007 and 2009, including bottom surgery ar age 21. Fifteen years later, Cardinal had regrets. Cardinal applied for medical assistance in dying (MAID), but that request was denied.
References
Staff report (September 26, 2023). A transsexual requests euthanasia after suffering complications from her sex reassignment surgery. Bioethics Observatory https://bioethicsobservatory.org/2023/09/a-transsexual-requests-euthanasia-after-suffering-complications-from-her-sex-reassignment-surgery/45504/
Anti-trans coverage
Kurilova, Eva (April 1, 2025). My Friend Launched a Lawsuit Against “Gender Affirming Care” in Canada and I Couldn’t Be More Proud. Eva’s Newsletter https://www.evakurilova.com/p/my-friend-launched-a-lawsuit-against
Hamm, Amy (March 10, 2025). Amy Hamm: Indigenous transwoman’s lawsuit exposes harms of gender-reassignment surgery. National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/indigenous-transwomans-lawsuit-exposes-harms-of-gender-reassignment-surgery
Kurilova, Eva (October 15, 2024). How Progressives Bait Gay People with Fear. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/how-progressives-bait-gay-people
Smith, Wesley J. (July 29, 2023). Canadian Transgender Woman Denied Euthanasia Request over Post-Surgical Pain and Regret. National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/transgender-woman-denied-euthanasia-in-canada-over-post-surgical-pain-and-regret/
Reinl, James (July 28, 2023). Trans indigenous Canadian slams doctors for denying her euthanasia request, saying death would be better than her constant pain from a surgically-built vagina. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12349523/Trans-indigenous-Canadian-slams-doctors-denying-euthanasia-request-saying-death-free-agony-surgically-built-vagina.html
Hoft, Jim (July 28, 2023). Transgender Seeks Assisted Suicide in Canada, Claiming It’s the Only Way to End Suffering from Vaginoplasty Complication. Gateway Pundit https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/transgender-seeks-euthanasia-canada-claiming-its-only-way/
Linehan, Graham (April 8, 2023). The story of Lois Cardinal. The Glinner Update https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/the-story-of-lois-cardinal
Selected writing by Cardinal
Cardinal, Lois (January 2024). Letter submitted to Senator Yvonne Boyer. https://senatorboyer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lois-Cardinal-Letter.pdf
Cardinal, Lois (September 29, 2023). Truth & Reconciliation: What it means to me as a sterilized First Nations person. Canadian Gender Report https://genderreport.ca/truth-reconciliation-what-it-means-to-me-as-a-sterilized-first-nations-person/
Media
Heterodorx with Nina Paley, Corinna Cohn, Eva Kurilova, and Lois Cardinal (February 24, 2024). TERF-Tranny Alliances with Eva Kurilova and Lois Cardinal. https://heterodorx.substack.com/p/terf-tranny-alliances-with-eva-kurilova-322
Resources
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