We were told that this scenario would never occur when activists began to inflame the gender debate a few decades ago. We were told anyone who thought a state agency for children and families could remove a child from the custody of their parents without any cause was paranoid.

This happened in Montana. Jennifer (not her actual name) Kolstad, daughter of Krista Kolstad and Todd Kolstad, suffered from several mental conditions. One was a desire to attract attention. This is normal behavior for a teenager suffering from gender dysphoria.

Jennifer confessed to the CFS agent during an investigation at her home that she swallowed pain pills and toilet bowl cleaner in an attempt to commit suicide. The state agency ordered that she be taken to hospital.

She was admitted to the hospital despite tests showing that she had not ingested anything harmful.

Notes taken by hospital staff say that the “hospital consistently mentions that Jennifer identifies as a ‘male and wishes to be called “Leo”, according to Reduxx, which broke the story.

She said that she told the staff of the emergency room and [CFS] about the fact that it was against her values, morals, as well as her religious beliefs, but they refused to listen. They told me to contact their lawyer if there was a problem, as they would do whatever the patient said.

Jennifer was admitted to the hospital because she had threatened to commit suicide. In this respect, neither the hospital nor the state committed any wrong. With a mere cursory look, they started to “transition Jennifer” to the male gender.

Krista describes the aide as saying, “I came on one day and she talked about top surgery. She was non-binary.” She complained to her doctor on duty, who fired her. “He asked me: ‘Why aren’t you more concerned about your daughter trying to harm herself, than what [the assistant] is saying? ‘”

I don’t think either parent has ever denied being concerned about their daughter’s suicidal thoughts. The parents were within their rights to ask questions about the treatment she received at the hospital and the activities that staff performed against their wishes.

Krista describes Jennifer’s stay in the hospital as an attempt to undermine Todd and her parental authority. The hospital refused to respect their request to call Jennifer by her given name. They also refused to comply with any other requests such as limiting Jennifer’s TV and telephone time, encouraging Jennifer to complete her schoolwork, or not allowing her to consume excessive amounts of junk food.

Krista and Todd communicated with Child and Family Services during this period, and they all agreed that Jennifer could benefit from residential treatment and counseling. Krista claims that during a discussion about Jennifer’s placement, the idea of moving her to Wyoming was discussed.

“They told me that there are 6 facilities in Montana but also one in Wyoming,” Krista says that at this point since we were in such a bad state due to the hospital’s disrespect of us and our wishes we immediately checked Wyoming’s laws regarding transitioning minors. It looked like the kids were able to have procedures performed and hormones administered without parental consent.

The Montana authorities assured Krista & Todd that Jennifer was going to be housed in a Montana facility. They were informed that Jennifer would be sent to Wyoming a few hours later.

“They called us and said that there was a bed available in Wyoming and that Jennifer had to go. [The Doctor] told us that she had to leave. She’s not making any progress here, and we were blown away,” Krista recalls. No one told us the name of the hospital — no one answered our questions. “We told them that we needed answers to our questions before accepting the bed.”

The CFS arrived with police ten minutes after Jennifer was told she would be going to Montana.

Krista says, “They came to our house to give us papers to remove Jennifer from our care.” They told me that the reason for this was because we were “unable or unwilling to provide medical treatment.” That’s simply not true.

The state and doctors failed to keep Todd and Krista informed of what was happening with their daughter for several months.

Krista: “We were advised that Jennifer’s ‘therapeutic interest’ would be served by letting her transition to a boy and living as one. Because we weren’t willing or able to comply with this recommendation, the Court gave CFS custody for six months.” CFS will now place Jennifer with her birth mother, who was never a part of her life. The judge told us that we should expect that the reunification of our family would not be as we expected. ‘”

I wonder if this is the whole story. We only hear one side of the story, but we have heard about other parents who were harassed by family service agencies in other states because they refused to bow down to the gender lobby.

We know that a 14-year-old child, who has suffered from mental problems unknown (some serious), was labeled a “boy” without much or any observation. It is for this reason that quacks eager to jump on the gender-transition bandwagon should have their licenses revoked.

Experts must carefully diagnose gender dysphoria. Doctors in Montana were more interested in creating case studies than in treating a child with mental illness correctly.