US EditionFirst Detransition Trial Victory Is only the Beginning
- A 22-year-old woman, Fox Varian, won $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against her psychologist and plastic surgeon for mishandling her gender dysphoria treatment after her double mastectomy at age 16.
- The jury awarded $1.6 million for pain and suffering and $400,000 for future medical expenses due to the failure to meet the standard of care.
- Varian's attorney argued that the professionals involved misdiagnosed her and did not provide adequate care.
- Independent journalist Benjamin Ryan noted that this case sets a precedent for future detransitioner lawsuits, emphasizing the need for careful assessment in such medical procedures.
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First detransition trial victory is only the beginning
Last week, for the first time, a detransitioner won a malpractice lawsuit — against both her therapist and surgeon. The court awarded her $2 million, which, according to the New York Post, includes “$400,000 for future medical expenses.” Fox Varian, now 22, identified as non-binary and as a boy when her psychologist, Dr. Kenneth Einhorn, approved a double mastectomy and her surgeon, Dr. Simon Chin, performed it when she was 16. She later detrans…
First detransitioner malpractice suit to go to trial wins $2 million verdict
by WorldTribune Staff, February 1, 2026 Real World News A female who had her breasts cut off as a 16-year-old in a transgender procedure has won a medical malpractice lawsuit. In the first such detransitioner lawsuit to go to trial, Fox Varian, now 22, was awarded $2 million in damages by a jury in White […]
Teen wins $2M first-ever 'malpractice' lawsuit over breast-removal gender transition · American Wire News
In a first-ever victory of its kind, a detransitioner has won a lawsuit against the psychologist and plastic surgeon who’d allegedly encouraged and approved her gender transition at the age of 16. Now 22, plaintiff Fox Varian sought and received gender transition surgery in 2019. She later came to deeply regret the decision. “I immediately had a thought that this was wrong, and it couldn’t be true,” Varian previously testified regarding the imme…
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