Claire Abernathy is a 20-year-old detransitioner and Independent Women ambassador. By the time Claire was 14-years-old, her body had been permanently and surgically altered by medical professionals who insisted medical transition was the solution to her gender confusion. Now, Claire has detransitioned and is breaking the silence around so-called ”gender-affirming care” by showing how its reckless medical interventions are leaving a generation of young people with irreversible harm. Claire and her mother’s story were told together for the first time through Independent Women’s Features’ “Identity Crisis” series, which has become a national platform for detransitioners and their loved ones to share their personal experiences facing gender ideology firsthand.