Are Chloe & Rene a Lesbian Couple?
After being diagnosed with Klinefelter's Syndrome, Rene's husband Ted underwent gender reassignment surgery and began to go by the name Chloe. The two divorced for logistical reasons, but they still live together with their two sons and call themselves partners… so are they a lesbian couple?
"No, no. I imagine some people would want to label us that way because we love each other, but no," Rene says. "We don't have -- it's not that way."
Chloe elaborates, explaining that she and Renee do not have sexual relations with one another.
What, then, is Chloe's sexual preference? Chloe explains that her sexuality and her relationship with Renee is beyond labels, and identifying in any one way is misleading. Hear more from Chloe about her sexuality… in the video below.
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I do not believe that woman was ever diagnosed with Klinefelter's syndrome, I believe she is a perpetrating a fraud. Klinefelter's syndrome is characterised by infertility, and what she describes can only be true if something I have never seen reported in literature happened, 'late onset Klinefelter's syndrome.'
Chloe is a standard run of the mill XY man who transitioned to female. Rene is a very unusual character. She must be desperate for companionship to have taken on Ted in the first place. He admitted he was a cross dresser, admitted he kept a stash of women's underwear and admitted, later, that he harboured feelings of gender dysphoria before he got married.
In my opinion all this has been a con job from the beginning. Ted set out to find a desperate woman willing to go along with anything he said or did. He intended all along to transition after he'd fathered a couple of kids, as he wanted to be the live in mom at home, looking after the kids, and be a woman. It's not surprising at all to me that Ted went overseas to get transition surgery as, I don't believe any reputable clinic in the USA would have accepted him. Normally there a process to go through, but Ted wanted to circumvent that process.
And now that Chloe wants to spread her wings and find a new partner, her long suffering immediate partner just goes along with it. Will Rene ever find someone else like Ted? Is that what she's hoping deep down for? She ought to have realised long ago, Chloe is in it for all she can get, and other peoples feelings mean nothing.
Although I understand and support gender variance, the responses in this interview do not sound honest nor what an average TS respond. Also, having a family member that suffers Klinefelter's Syndrome, it is hard for me to believe that Chloe does too because they are unable to have children. I feel very sorry for Rene because it is clear she's been used and manipulated by Chloe lack of honesty and clearly, although she claims to love her, she has been suffering much because her "luck". I highly recommend producers of this type of gender variance shows to do an in-depth research before airing the show, because shows that present this difficult to understand, neglected, confusing and stigmatized cases should educate the main-streets not misinformed the viewer because the consequences are too painful to those that suffer Klinefelter's Syndrome and transgenderism. No offense intended to anyone.
I am a male living with Klinefelter's Syndrome. I have discovered this syndrome about 3 years ago before I married my wife. I am a textbook case of this genetic disorder. I am taking testosterone or fertility medications to keep up my testosterone production or to see if I can have children. Klinefelter's has nothing to do with gender identity since it was the low testosterone that was playing tricks on the brain with Chloe's sexual preference. But like in some people they believe they were raised as the wrong gender like all other gender identity people. And Chloe fit that case. I didn'*****ch the show, I just saw the clips posted on the web, but my wife saw the whole show. So I don't know the full story. I just wanted to step out and give my side as a person with the same syndrome. I think Chloe is doing what she thinks is right, and I hope Chloe and Rene lead happy lives. Thanks for your time.
Some life styles are NOT a choice. I was raised in a hispanic, Catholic child, hearing gays will die by their choice. I tried to be with women, but knew it wasn't for me. As soon as I accepted who I am, I felt such a release of stress and am a much happier person today, rather than trying to live a life for other to see me as a common person. If you are/were a mother, what would you do to your child, if they looked up and said to you that they think they are gay? I still want a life partner to love. I am still helping str8 and gay folks in weight training. I am NOT a bad person and don't understand why people pass such a negative judgement against someone they don't know. How would you feel, if people called you names without even knowing you?
Love life and share your love to everyone. It will make you life a better life. -Steve
I'm a dude, and I wanna tell these old whores a few thing, 1. not to dismiss women of a certain age, but the blonde is way too old to be a hooker, so shes claiming to be a therapist. 2. it is not legal INSIDE city limits in Las vegas , and although people slide by and do it, it isnt legal, 3 she said that she gets tested weekly for STDs , and alot of them cant be processed in a week, and if she is doing that wouldnt you think she has reason to believe that she needs to.4. if she says "i want to give men therapy so they will not have to come to me" thats a lie because if she wants to help men and women being intimate , then refuse the money and sent the men home.
Western civilation has a problem with "how things are worded" but it is IN westen society they live, people are arguing about gay marriage and you want to sound high and mighty about word. I have had many friends that are transexual and I think they are less thin skinned than the people who see them. I am gay and I would not date a transexual. I am not attracted to women or the lifestyle trasgendered people live. That is not a judgement , it is a preference. I do wish we would grow as a society about these issues, and we are. Things like this take time. They are not lesbians , but they are life partners ....get your mind around that western civ.
I'm currently watching this episode as I type this. I just had to comment on the so-called gender specialist psychiatrist who came on and identified Klinefelter syndrome as a "disorder". To be a "specialist" within the discourse on gender, one needs to begin with identifying the social impediments we have constructed around gender identification, rather than solidifying them for a typically uncritical TV audience. Calling this a "disorder" is indicative of the absurdity of Western ideology that insists on identifying any person who isn't "normal" as anyone who doesn't fit squarely within socially constructed (i.e. MADE UP) gender roles. The worst part about this is the fact Anderson Cooper, someone with whom I associated intelligence and credibility, is now part of the REAL issue, which is that we -so badly- need to move away from outdated methods of "scientific" assessment and diagnosis, and for once begin thinking like an advanced species living in the 21st Century.
This was my first time watching the Anderson Show, and although I was barely 15 minutes into watching it, I'm already disappointed and will no*****ch it again. This only served as a reaffirmation of my contempt for the field of psychiatry and daytime television. The disorder we need to assess and remedy is the production of TV shows like this.
Have Rene and Chloe had their two boys tested for the double X chromosome? Also, had Ted chose to continue as a man, would testosterone treatments (probably for the rest of his life) returned him to a fully functioning male? (ie) facial hair, sex drive etc.
I can relate completely with Chloe though my marriage lasted 37 years with 4 children and now 10 grand children. It was a lot different in 1975 when I first tried to transition and almost cost me my life. I finally completed my transition at 58 after all my children were married and on their own. My wife and I divorced but told each other we would always love each other as sisters would. She told me before our divorced she could not and would not be a Lesbian for me. If our society and medical community would see our problem as they do any birth defect then maybe we wouldn't of had to go through all the pain and suffering we have and still do everyday.
Listen I'm a husband who has never cheated what I want to know is what about the women who have affairs its pretty unfair to cash all these men when I think women cheat more often then men do