Does Gen Z have an identity crisis? In this episode, Dr. Wendy Patrick and attorney Larry Dershem sit down with de-transitioner Chloe Cole to examine the cultural, medical, and social forces shaping today’s youth.

Chloe shares her deeply personal story of how, at just 12 years old, she was influenced by online communities, medical professionals, and trusted adults to pursue hormone replacement therapy, testosterone injections, and irreversible “top surgery.” She recounts how physicians, psychologists, school officials, and internet peers reinforced the belief that she was “born in the wrong body”—and how questioning that narrative was discouraged.

Now de-transitioned, Chloe reflects on the long-term consequences of so-called “gender-affirming care” and how she ultimately broke free from what she describes as a powerful and deceptive ideology. This episode raises urgent questions about medical ethics, informed consent, and the responsibility adults have to protect vulnerable children.