One strategy used by anti-transgender activists is to solicit plaintiffs and subsidize litigation against providers of trans healthcare. They often do this by grooming ex-trans activists with regret about making a gender transition.
Although gender transition regret rates are much lower than most medical treatments, this kind of litigation generates publicity for anti-trans activists and their lawyers, and it creates a chilling effect on care for our community. Litigation has been an effective strategy used by opponents of contraception, abortion, and other kinds of reproductive care.
Cases
- Breen v. Oson-Kennedy et al Los Angeles County, CA
- Charles LiMandri; Campbell Miller Payne
- Kiefel v Ruff et al Case: 22CV29327; Multnomah County, Oregon (filed December 12, 2022)
- Keifel v OR Cosmetic and Reconstructive Clinic 24CV10314 Clackamas County, Oregon (filed February 28, 2024)
- Candice Jackson; Benjamin Boyd, Zachary Hostetter of Jackson Bone; Hostetter Law Group
- Chloe Cole v Kaiser Permanente
- STK-CV-UMM-2023-0001612
- San Joaquin County, California
- 2-22-23 LiMandri, Dillon, Trammell Center for American Liberty
- Layla Jane v Kaiser Hospital Foundation
- San Joachin County, California
- 3-23
- Harmeet Dhillon Center for American Liberty
- Mosley v Emerson, et al
- 23CVS2375
- Gaston County, North Carolina
- Filed July 17, 2023
- Josh Payne Campbell Miller Payne
- Aldaco v Perry, Crane Clinic, TX Health Physicians Grp, et al
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- TX-Tarrant Co7-21-23
- Ron Miller Campbell Miller Payne
- Hein v UNMC, et alD01CI230007381linkNB-Douglas Co9-13-23Mark Trammal, Charles S. LiMandri, Paul Jonna, Robert E. Weisenburger, Harmeet Dhillon, John-Paul Deol, Jesse D. Franklin-Murdock, Martin Cannon (Thomas More Society)Center for American Liberty, LIMANDRI & JONNA LLP and Dhillon Law GroupLuka HeinUNMC PHYSICIANS, THE NEBRASKA MEDICINE, NAHIA AMOURA, M.D., PERRY JOHNSON, M.D., STEPHAN BARRIENTOS, M.D., MEGAN SMITH-SALLANS
- Carlan v. Fenway Community Health Center, Inc.
- 1:2023cv12361
- October 12, 2023
- US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Mitra Forouhar, MNF law
- Ikechukwu Anumene v Permanente Medical Group et al
- Case: CGC-22-598800 (filed March 22, 2022)
- Jurisdiction: San Francisco County, California
- Plaintiff’s counsel: Daniel Watkins, Watkins & Letofsky
- Ayala v AAP, Rafferty, Forcier
- PC-2023-05428
- RI-Bristol Co
- 10-20-23
- Jordan CampbellCampbell Miller Payne
- Ulery v Rafferty, Forcier, Thundermist Health
- PC-2023-05366
- Bristol County, Rhode Island
- October 20, 2023
- Ron Miller, Campbell Miller Payne
- Moved to federal court in 2024: 1:24-CV-00024
Currently anonymous ex-trans activist in Illinois, “Jane Doe”
- Hysterectomy at age 19
- Top surgery at age 21
- Now identifies as Jewish lesbian
- Filed suit at age 23 in Dane County, Wisconsin on November 1, 2023
- Represented by Daniel Cragg of Eckland & Blando, creators of Detransition Network (detransitionnetwork.com) and Gender Medical Malpractice Group (gendermedicalmalpractice.com/)
- Wahlberg, David (December 23, 2023). UW doctors deny lack of informed consent in woman’s gender-altering surgeries https://madison.com/news/local/business/health-care/article_6617b4fa-a0dd-11ee-853a-ffe5860f4a12.html
- https://madison.com/news/local/business/health-care/woman-says-uw-doctors-performed-gender-altering-surgeries-without-proper-consent/article_ff7bd30a-79ab-11ee-82bc-8fefeb60d060.html
References
Wahlberg, David (November 3, 2023) Woman says UW doctors performed gender-altering surgeries without proper consent. Wisconsin State Journal https://madison.com/news/local/business/health-care/woman-says-uw-doctors-performed-gender-altering-surgeries-without-proper-consent/article_ff7bd30a-79ab-11ee-82bc-8fefeb60d060.html
Lisa Selin Davis / “an anonymous contributer” (December 7, 2023). Eleven Lawsuits by Detransitioners in the US https://www.broadview.news/p/eleven-lawsuits-by-detransitioners
Resources
Julie Rei Goldstein: DeTransLaw