‘It’s Shocking And Outrageous’: Harmeet Dhillon On Why Trans Issues Were Top Of Mind For Voters

The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley and Harmeet Dhillon, managing partner at The Dhillon Law Group.

Post-election polling shows that the transgender issue was a top three issue that drove voters to Trump and away from Harris. The data comes as more states are shutting down transgender procedures for minors and lawsuits are beginning to mount against healthcare professionals who’ve pushed the trans agenda.

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JOHN: Joining us to discuss is Harmeet Dhillon, whose legal firm the Dhillon Law Group has been leading the fight against potentially permanent procedures performed on children. Harmeet, thanks for coming on.

HARMEET: Thanks for having me.

JOHN: First, many have said that the trans agenda – including boys in girls sport and trans surgeries for prisoners and illegal immigrants – was a “sleeper issue” this year. We’ve done some reporting at Daily Wire about this. Do you see data that it did in fact impact this election?

HARMEET: Well, I would say the data that I saw was from the Trump campaign and its allies, and they certainly focused hard on that issue. And I’m sure that was in response to data. We’ve done some work, a lot of work actually. We’ve been a national leader on the issue of suing doctors who mutilate girls and also representing parents whose civil rights are violated by not having access to the information they need to parent their children properly on this issue and many other issues. So we’ve done a lot of litigation on it. It did pick up in the national pulse. Our client, Chloe Cole, has been prominently featured by some messaging on these issues. She’s a girl who detransitioned, now a young woman, and is suing Kaiser Permanente here in California over that. She’s been a landmark voice on these issues, testifying around the country. I know it has motivated legislatures to change the law and that I think is definitely a talking point in those states. A lot of red states, purple states — it’s a huge issue. It’s not a huge issue here in California, even on the opposite side. I don’t see a lot of activists going to bat for this issue. And so I think we are really within a striking distance of President Trump being able to severely cut back on the prevalence of this issue through cutting back federal funding or other ways to do it. For once, America needs to catch up with Europe and the rest of the world where these procedures are simply not being done, for the most part, on children because they don’t work.

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JOHN: Right, there’s been dramatic movement away from these sorts of procedures in several European countries. Are you seeing progress on this issue in the courts, legally?

HARMEET: No, it’s too early in the courts. We literally filed the first, second, and third lawsuits on this issue in the country. I think other lawyers are joining us and so these cases are winding their way through the court system or through arbitration because Kaiser tries to force people into arbitration – so do other medical providers. And one of the issues, why there are so few cases, is because there’s a statute of limitations that are very short and really keep the window very narrow for these young women, largely women, to file lawsuits. And so it’s heartbreaking, the number of people we simply can’t help, because of these statute of limitations issues. I do think that’s going to make a difference. But the bigger and faster and more effective long-term difference is going to be legislatures banning these procedures on children. Medical boards taking away the licenses of doctors who commit medical malpractice, which I believe most of these doctors are doing. I mean, literally you have cases where people go in, some guidance counselor sends them for one session with some rubber stamper who then goes and gets the girl’s breasts cut off. It’s shocking and outrageous. You have to go through more hassle to get liposuction, I believe, than to get your breasts cut off as a young girl. So, it’s insane and it needs to stop. We shouldn’t rely on the courts and lawyers. We should ask Republican legislatures — and Democrat legislatures, frankly, if they care about humans — to stop this practice.

JOHN: Well, we’ve seen decisive action here in Tennessee to shut down these potentially permanent procedures for children – that’s been really heartening for those working to end it. We’ll see what other states follow suit. Harmeet Dhillon, thank you so much for joining us.

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