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How California teen Chloe Cole emerged as a leader of the 'detransition' movement — and a right-wing icon
Wearing pigtails, a pleated skirt and a furry heart-shaped purse, Chloe Cole bounced up the steps of the California Capitol this spring, leaned into a microphone and insisted that transgender children don’t exist. For the dainty 19-year-old, to erase …