Maria Keffler is a co-founder of Advocates Protecting Children and the Arlington Parent Coalition (Virginia). An author, speaker, and teacher with a background in educational psychology, Ms. Keffler has fought to support families and protect children from unethical activism and dangerous policies around sexuality and transgender ideology since 2018. She is the author of multiple books, including "Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult." Ms. Keffler lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two of her three children.
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