(LifeSiteNews) — California seized a Christian woman’s teenage daughter for opposing her “gender transition,” and now the state is moving to put the girl up for adoption.
Alexandra Lyashchenko, an Orthodox Christian and legal Ukrainian immigrant, lost custody of her then-15-year-old daughter in 2024 after rejecting her “sudden desire to transition.”
Lyashchenko told NTD that California is “deciding that my daughter is going to be adopted out.”
Her family was “forced out of California” and is now “hiding in Florida” because California also wants her younger son, she added.
“They called us culturally unfit for raising our daughter in present-day America, meaning we refuse to mutilate and sterilize her,” Lyashchenko said. She noted that she and her husband have “no custody conflict” and “fight unanimously” to protect the girl.
“We were forced out of our house,” which they put on the market but “were not even able to sell,” she said. Her family has also spent nearly $500,000 in legal fees.
Lyashchenko slammed what described as the “cult” that pushes child “gender transitions.” “Police, medical, educational, mental, and law enforcement – every entity works with [child protective services],” she added.
Asked if she had a message for the people separating her from her daughter, Lyashchenko said, “I want to see them in jail.”
“I want to testify and I would bring my daughter to testify and say what they’ve done to her,” she stated.
California is known for its radical pro-LGBT policies, particularly regarding children.
In 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill, SB 107, that allows California courts to take “emergency jurisdiction” of children who come to the state for “gender transitions.”
