A month later, she called attention to a VOD of a 16-year-old trans Twitch streamer who was taken into foster care after police conducted a wellness check. Speaking on an Alabama law making it a felony to provide gender-affirming care for those under 18, Sorrenti said, "They literally want these kids to fucking kill themselves." In April 2022, she raised US$205,000 for the Campaign for Southern Equality to protect transgender youth. She spoke out against Texas Governor Greg Abbott when he instructed Texas state agencies to treat gender-affirming medical treatments, such as puberty blockers or hormone treatments, for transgender youths as child abuse. Sorrenti began streaming on Twitch playing video games, but switched to politics after a wave of anti-trans legislation was introduced in state legislatures in 20. During that time, she was the organizer for the Young Communist League's London, Ontario chapter. She ran in the 2018 Ontario general election and the 2019 Canadian federal election, but lost both races. She entered Canadian politics following the 2016 election of Donald Trump in the United States, running for two races in 20 as a member of the Communist Party of Canada. Įarly in her life Sorrenti volunteered with the New Democratic Party. She has stated that she receives frequent harassment for being a trans person. Sorrenti is an advocate for the rights of transgender people. Political career and activism (2018–2019) She attended the University of Western Ontario. In 2013, when she was 18, she traveled to Thailand with her parents to receive gender-affirming surgery. By the age of 12, she realized that she was transgender. When growing up, Sorrenti played video games such as Team Fortress 2 and Garry's Mod using the online handle "Keffals". In 2022, Sorrenti became the subject of a loosely-organized harassment campaign, primarily from Kiwi Farms, with internet trolls using her deadname while filing false police reports, pizza bombing her residence, and organizing a number of swattings. She has commentated on her experiences as a trans woman and has hosted people such as Chelsea Manning on her stream. Sorrenti, who transitioned as a teenager, began engaging in transgender activism after Texas Governor Greg Abbott instructed Texas state agencies to treat gender-affirming medical treatments (such as puberty blockers or hormone treatments) for transgender youths as child abuse. Clara Sorrenti (born March 25, 1994), better known as Keffals, is a Canadian Twitch streamer, transgender activist, left-wing political commentator and former candidate of the Communist Party of Canada.
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