I Report for The Free Press: "A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine"

I was the only reporter to attend the entirety of the recent three-week medical malpractice trial in White Plains, NY, that made history as the first time a detransitioner lawsuit had seen a jury.

I have a major article out in The Free Press today about the historic $2 million award won on Friday by Fox Varian, the first detransitioner to bring a medical-malpractice lawsuit before a jury. She sued her Westchester, NY, psychologist and plastic surgeon over the gender-transition mastectomy she received at age 16.

I was the only reporter to attend the entire three-week trial, which was riveting and at times devastating. Since the entire case is sealed, including all the trial transcripts, the product of my furious note taking during the proceedings may be the only way for the public to learn about the finer details of this lawsuit. I intend to write much more about the trial in the coming days and weeks. Stay tuned (and subscribe!).

I hope you’ll read my Free Press article and share it widely.

Here is the article:

A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine

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Otherwise, below is an essay meant to be read after the Free Press article i…