Libs of TikTok exposes trans activist group giving breast binders to 13-year-old girl without parental consent

In a recorded call to a trans activist organization, Trans Youth Equality Foundation (TYEF), the director of the organization offered to send Libs of TikTok, who was posing as a 13-year-old girl, chest binders without parental permission. 

The call with TYEF Director Susan Maasch was posted by Libs of TikTok on X.   

As the conversation went on, the hypothetical 13-year-old girl asked questions regarding any options TYEF would have regarding chest binders and said that her parents would not let her because they were "right-wing." The director called the hypothetical parents in the situation "brainwashed" and gave instructions to Libs of TikTok, who was posting as the teen, how she could become emancipated in her later teen years to avoid parental permission for sex change surgeries.  

"I would like to start off with a binder. So are there any resources that you guys have for me to get a binder," a journalist for Libs of TikTok asked. 

Maasch replied that she could "send [her] some" but told her the girl would have to give special instructions for shipment so the girl's parents would not see the binders.   

Elon Musk described the call as "disturbing" when he shared the audio.  

TYEF offers instructions to youth on how to use chest binders on its website as well. 

“Most of our guys and transmasculine non-binary youth like to bind... more correctly put, they want to and need to bind,” the organization states. 

“Buy a binder that helps you flatten the appearance of your breasts but does not constrict your rib cage. Some plastic surgeons say that binding too tight for too many years breaks down the breast tissue to the point of making it harder to get a great result from your top surgery if that is where you are headed. This takes years but is a real issue for some,” it adds.