Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

Hazard Ratio: Benjamin Ryan

WPATH's Trans-Care Bible "Is Not Considered the Standard of Care"—Unheard Testimony From the $2M Detransitioner Lawsuit

The three-week trial heard from two highly credentialed plastic surgeons who painted vastly different—and at times remarkably revealing—portraits of gender-transition surgery for minors.

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Benjamin Ryan
Feb 16, 2026
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Pre-eminent plastic surgeons Dr. Joseph Serletti (left) and Dr. Loren Schechter testified as opposing expert witnesses in the Varian v. Einhorn detransitioner lawsuit in White Plains, N.Y., last month.

As you may know, I was the only reporter to attend the entirety of the recent three-week civil trial in White Plains, N.Y., that concluded with a detransitioner receiving a $2 million jury award. Fox Varian, 22, sued her longtime psychologist, Kenneth Einhorn, and her plastic surgeon, Dr. Simon Chin, for the respective roles they played in the gender-transition mastectomy she received at age 16. This medical intervention was meant to treat gender dysphoria. But, as I reported for The Free Press, Ms. Varian testified she came to bitterly regret the surgery, which she said had left her “disfigured for life.”

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A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
Fox Varian had a turbulent childhood. Her parents split when she was 7, triggering a three-year custody battle that ultimately saw her estranged from her father. She suffered from a constellation of mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, and social phobia. She was diagnosed with autism and bounced around various schools. Her first period sent her into a meltdown, and she battled disordered eating and body-image issues. By mid-adolescence, she was completely lost…
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The lawsuit’s case file and court transcripts remain sealed. (I have published a number of the case files here, here and here, however.) The one other reporter who attended the trial, w…

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