Chloe Cole never expected to be part of a documentary film.
Cole’s life took a dramatic turn when she started to believe she had been born in the wrong body at the age of 12. That jump-started a journey that culminated in surgical procedures referred to as “gender-affirming care.”
She later regretted the decision, becoming part of the detransition movement. Her voice is a powerful part of “Identity Crisis,” now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+. (Turning Point USA collaborated with the conservative news platform on the film)
Hollywood in Toto reached out to Cole to find out more about her connection to the film and why she thinks it’s important to the cultural moment we now face.
HiT: How did you get involved with the project initially?
Chloe Cole: I met the TP USA production team at a Genspect USA conference in Denver. They asked to do an interview with me and it went really well. I’d been a TPUSA fan for awhile and I was very interested in the project, so I asked if I could have a more material role in their documentary. They then met up with me again in SoCal to film the segments you see in the film.
HiT: The film explores the role TikTok and other social media platforms play in targeting teens with gender dysphoria issues. You had early access to Instagram and it had a profound impact on you … can you share more about this?
Cole: The Instagram algorithm is great at maximizing the time you spend on the app. It takes the information you give it when you create a profile, and then when you browse the app, to tailor content that will increase engagement. In the case of a 13-year-old girl, it amplifies subjects that they’re most concerned or insecure about, like fitting in, our developing bodies, puberty, periods, sexual attraction, identity and porn.
This process is fuel for social contagions which young girls are extremely susceptible to falling into. In my case, it started feeding information about all of these topics, while the moderators of the platform deboosted dissenting opinions that could have led me out of the conclusions I was making, like that I was born wrong, that I was not good enough as a girl, that femaleness is all about being victimized by men.
For years, Instagram has been boosting one ideology only — extreme Leftism.
HiT: Do you see the other side of this debate on social media … the perspective shared in the film? Or do you see those arguments being censored or diminished on major platforms like Facebook and TikTok?
Cole: The ground on which the war against gender ideology is being fought on is shifting beneath our feet.[Meta’s Mark] Zuckerberg recently announced major policy changes. Twitter was, of course, bought by [Elon]Musk, which has opened up so many doors for those of us in this movement to make our voices heard.
Ultimately though, the real, meaningful debates can only still be carried out on one platform: X.com. I’ve been throttled, shadow-banned and suspended more times than I can count on Instagram. My current posts only reach my followers so growth is impossible, and I don’t even try on TikTok because all of my detransitioned friends have been banned instantaneously.
HiT: Does the medical community treat detransitioners with the respect and care they apply to teens seeking “gender-affirming care?”
Cole: The medical community believes it’s in their best interest to pretend we don’t exist. I’ve been to a couple dozen legislative hearings on these matters in the last three years. When doctors are asked about us, they cite already debunked detransition statistics that claim only 1 percent of trans-identified individuals detransitioned.
I wish that were true, but it is not. We do not even have medical codes we can bill insurance for to cover the detransition procedures. Therefore there is no standard of care for people like us. We are a science experiment going into all this, and we come out of it as an entirely different, secondary experiment.
It’s terrifying, to be frank, to go into this new medical process with no precedents having been set before on how I should be cared for. It is truly Hotel California medicine, we can check out anytime we want, but we can never leave.
HiT: Why does a documentary on this subject matter? How can it impact the conversation on this vital topic?
Cole: It’s really simple. Some people need to see the agony, the destruction, the callousness, to believe that it’s real. I can go up on a stage and summarize what I’ve been through a thousand times but a picture is worth a thousand words. “What is a Woman?” was a brilliant indictment of the gender industry, but at the time, there wasn’t a whole lot of hope to convey when it was first introduced.
Now, we need a new film to show that not all is lost, that some in the country are slowly but surely reacting to these atrocities, and I want to show people who are unrecognizably altered by the medical industry that they can come back to reality, and that they can find purpose in God on the way.
I’ve been throttled, shadow-banned and suspended more times than I can count on Instagram
HiT: One film can only share so much information … are there any elements of this subject you’d like to see explored in greater detail … possible in a future film?
Cole: There are so many incredibly dedicated people in this movement. It is possibly the most eclectic and successful movement of the 21st century and it will go down in the history books.
I hope there will be a documentary that gets even more up close and personal with some of those leaders, examining how and why we have been so effective and how we’ve been able to find common ground, despite major differences, for the greater good.
HiT: This is one of the most controversial subjects in America today. How can the film spark conversations without causing people on both sides of the argument to shut down and stop talking?
Cole: There are a ton of Democrats and former Democrats who are waking up to the horrors of gender ideology, and some of these people have been the most influential in this battle. We win more over every day, and the images in this movie speak for themselves.
Anyone who watches this film and remains unconvinced that what has happened to me and my friends is an atrocity may never see the truth, and quite frankly, this movement is chugging right along without them.
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