Jennifer Krohn is an American artist and anti-transgender activist. She is a co-founder of Partners for Ethical Care (PEC), an American anti-transgender front group. She and her husband are part of the “parental rights” faction of anti-transgender activists.
She has also protested trans athletes in sex-segregated competitive sport.
Background
Jennifer Lynn Comer Krohn was born in February 1969. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University. She was a graphic designer at Michael Courtney Design and Ilium Associates before leaving to raise a family. She is married to tech entrepreneur and political operative Cyrus Krohn (born 1970), and they have three children.
After volunteering to teach art at her child’s school, she began teaching art classes in Issaquah, Washington at Jennifer’s Artistical Garage.
Anti-transgender activism
Krohn became upset when her fifth-grade child began using a different name and they/them pronouns at school before Krohn knew about it.
After the school alerted Krohn that her daughter had mentioned self-harm in a conversation, the school counselor
“kind of sold to me the idea of using this ‘special therapist’ that was contracted with the school. Because she was under 13, I had to come in and talk to this therapist and give her written permission. At 13, I might not have even known she was seeing this therapist. At 13 in our state, children can get their own mental health without a parent’s consent or knowledge.”
Her child had ten weekly sessions. In early 2020 the therapist called and “used male pronouns for my daughter” and let Krohn know that they were going to have a family therapy session in three days. “We decided not to have the meeting with the therapist.”
Her child was also friends with many LGBTQ+ classmates, which Krohn believes “was the source of a lot of her issues.” After her child reportedly threatened suicide again, Krohn took all of her child’s devices away.
The final straw was a school camp where her child was given the option of staying in the boys’ cabin. Krohn claims this forced her child to say yes. Krohn kept her child from the camp and took her child out of school soon after.
Now without devices, friends, and classmates, Krohn claims her child “desisted.”
She co-founded Partners for Ethical Care to assist other unsupportive parents. “It’s like we have gone to war together. That’s what it feels like. This is like a war on our families.”
References
Berman, Sarah (March 17th, 2022). Protestors Against Lia Thomas Stand Outside & Attend Women’s NCAA Championship. Swim Swam https://swimswam.com/protestors-against-lia-thomas-stand-outside-attend-womens-ncaa-championship/
Krohn et al (February 23, 2021). Response to UN https://familywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/03/PEC-Response-to-UN-Final.pdf
Krohn, Jennifer (March 8, 2022). The power of mothers. Partners for Ethical Carehttps://www.partnersforethicalcare.com/post/the-power-of-mothers
Media
Independent Women’s Forum (August 10, 2022). Identity Crisis: School Affirms 11-Year-Old’s Identity Without Parental Consent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUNo1lq3Oec
Benjamin Boyce (September 7, 2022). Are Washington Schools Transing Kids? | w Jennifer, Accidental Activist. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1Rt2a-ytM
Resources
Jennifer’s Artistical Garage (jennifersartisticalgarage.com)
Partners for Ethical Care (partnersforethicalcare.com)
Cyrus Krohn (cyruskrohn.com)
Twitter (twitter.com)
- nogenderpredtrs
- cyrusk
- jenniferkrhn
Soundcloud (soundcloud.com)
Instagram (instagram.com)