“Layla Jane” is the stage name of Kayla Lovdahl, an American ex-transgender activist. Lovdahl gets money and attention by making it more difficult for others to get trans healthcare.
Background
Kayla Michelle Lovdahl was born August 20, 2004. Lovdahl’s parents are Desiree M. Baggett Lovdahl (born July 11, 1984) and Kevin Allen Lovdahl (born September 30, 1976). Desiree got pregnant at age 19, and they married during the pregnancy on January 28, 2004.
Kayla Lovdahl grew up in the Lodi, California area, and has these problems according to a lawsuit filed by Lovdahl’s lawyers against Kaiser Permanente:
- recurrent intense anxiety and panic
- extreme mood fluctuations
- self-harm
- problems at school resulting in suspensions
- oppositional behavior
- defiant behavior
- interpersonal peer relationship problems
- anger
- depression
- crying spells
- significant appetite changes
- irritability
- agitation
- decreased energy
- panic with hyperventilation
- confusion
- nausea
- nightmares
- explosive temper outbursts
- poor concentration
- gender dysphoria
- symptoms “compatible with undiagnosed and untreated bipolar disorder”
- “erroneous belief that she was transgender”
- mood swings
- sadness
- lack of known triggers
- would write sad notes at age 6-7
- does not get much sleep
- sleep has been irregular since being a baby
- sees figures or things passing on the side when she doesn’t get enough sleep
- strange reoccurring nightmares
- symptoms of depression
- mania
- abuse from peers
- obesity
- poor social skills
- few friends
2023 lawsuit
The same conservative activists representing Chloe Cole/Brockman are also representing Lovdahl.
Defendants:
- Lisa Kristine Taylor, MD, pediatric endocrinologist
- Winnie Mao Yiu Tong, MD, plastic surgeon
- Susanne E. Watson, PhD, gender therapist
- Mirna Escalante, MD, pediatric endocrinologist
The lawyers claim Lovdahl “now has deep physical and emotional wounds and severe regrets” and “has suffered physically, socially, neurologically, and psychologically.” They describe it as:
- “mutilation to her body”
- “fertility risks”
- “health risks”
- “lost opportunities for social and physical development along with her peers, and at key developmental milestones that can never be regained”
The complaint alleges in part:
When Kayla was 11, on or around April 26, 2016, Dr. Meridee Loomer saw Kayla and reviewed her file. Dr. Loomer noted that Kayla’s mother had been requesting mental health services beginning in 2011, when Kayla was around 6 years old, due to school issues and because Kayla had written on her papers about wanting to die. Dr. Loomer also noted that there had not been any consistent psychotherapy services for Kayla. She informed Dr. Loomer privately at her April 26, 2016, visit that she was a boy and that she preferred to be named “Kyle.”
Around September 14, 2016, Kayla had a visit with Dr. Doreen Samelson, who counseled them that since Kayla was past Tanner Stage II (the first stage of puberty), she was not a candidate for puberty blockers and was not ready for cross-sex hormones. Kayla received a contraceptive shortly thereafter to reduce her periods.
The lawsuit cites treatment notes from Lovdahl’s doctor:
[Patient] is currently at maternal grandmother’s home, and Mom intends to pick him up to bring him directly into the Stk Cpy office to be seen today. When asked about concerns re: self/other harm, she states that he has made statements such as “what’s the point,” or “I should just drink bleach” recently but not today.
“Patient presented to urgent services after his mother called Kaiser Psychiatry Triage yesterday and today reporting concerns over her son’s agitation/labile behavior, mood fluctuations, and potential for self-harm/harming others. Patient’s reported that her son has been having unprovoked anger outbursts where he’s been lashing out (i.e. cursing) at her mostly and others.
Lovdahl then had counseling and the doctors got signed parental consent:
On July 11, 2017, Kayla had counseling regarding fertility. On September 22, 2017, after Kayla just turned age 13, Dr. Tong performed a double mastectomy on her.
Kayla stopped injecting testosterone around the middle of 2021, while beginning a period of detransition. Thereafter, she stopped all contact and services with the Kaiser Proud Clinic where she had been receiving ongoing evaluation for her transition.
In 2022 Kayla was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and Mood Disorder with depressive features.
Ex-transgender activism
Lovdahl heard Chloe Cole’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against Kaiser and decided to get in on the action.
In March 2023, Lovdahl was among the handful of ex-trans activists at what was billed as their biggest event ever:
Lovdahl said:
“I was a mentally ill child, and I was able to consent to removing my breasts permanently. And I also heard more – or less… I heard more people telling me I would regret this tattoo than I would regret getting my breasts permanently removed at such a young age. So that is why I felt necessary to speak. Thank you for hearing me out.”
Lovdahl told Laura Ingraham in March:
“Overall, I really want to say that I don’t think I should have been allowed to change my sex before I could legally consent to have sex. Overall, I don’t think I’m better off for the experience, and I think that transition just completely added fuel to the fire that was my preexisting conditions.
I was given no information on rates of desistance or anything like that. Really, the surgery and the treatments were kind of pushed as the only way forward.
Between the age I was at and the headspace I was in, I don’t feel like I should have been any place to make those kinds of decisions. And I think proper information and all the side effects, it was really glossed over for my parents.”
Media
In June 2023, producers arranged a meeting with ex-trans activist Chloe Cole:
References
Buttons, Christina (June 15, 2023). Second Lawsuit Filed in US Against Medical Transition of Minors. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/breaking-second-lawsuit-filed-in
Center for American Liberty (June 15, 2023). https://libertycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Complaint-06-15-23.pdf
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2004/09/04/vital-statistics/50695436007/
Chloe Cole (June 3, 2023). The Unseen Side of Early Transition, Mastectomy at 13 Years Old | Layla Jane Fights Back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZWslwe3W1c
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