"A woman who sued her doctors over a breast removal surgery she received when she was 16 and identified as transgender has been awarded $2 million in damages, marking the first time a detransitioner has won a medical malpractice lawsuit over the care they received as part of their transition. Multiple right-wing news outlets are calling the decision "historic," but even the woman's lawyer is downplaying its significance, insisting the case was never about "the legitimacy of gender-affirming care.""
"As The Free Press first reported, on Friday, a jury in New York State sided with 22-year-old Fox Varian, who sued her psychologist and a plastic surgeon, accusing them of failing to adhere to standards of care around gender-affirming care for minors. According to the New York Times, Varian claimed that her doctors did not obtain adequate consent or adequately inform her of the risks associated with a double mastectomy she received in 2019 and came to regret."
"As multiple outlets have reported, Varian suffered from depression, anxiety, social phobia, eating disorders, and body-image issues as an adolescent, and was diagnosed with autism at 14. Court documents reportedly show she began questioning her gender at 15. She changed her name multiple times, used he/him pronouns, began binding her breasts, and told her psychologist, Kenneth Einhorn, that she wanted to transition."
Fox Varian underwent a double mastectomy at 16 while identifying as transgender and later sued her psychologist and a plastic surgeon, winning $2 million for medical malpractice. Varian alleged the providers failed to obtain adequate consent and did not properly inform her of surgical risks. Varian had adolescent diagnoses including depression, anxiety, social phobia, eating disorders, and autism, and began questioning her gender at 15. Psychologist Kenneth Einhorn, who had no formal training treating transgender patients, referred Varian to plastic surgeon Simon Chin nine months after she expressed a desire to transition and described her diagnosis as body dysmorphia.
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