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Geeta Nangia vs. transgender people

by Andrea James Reviewed September 21, 2026 3 min read

Geeta Nangia is an American psychiatrist and anti-transgender activist. Nangia frequently appears in legal cases as an expert witness for opponents of trans healthcare for young people.

Background

Geeta Nangia was born in 1976. Nangia attended Boston University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and a medical degree in 2002. Nangia did postgraduate training at the Medical University of South Carolina, completing a psychiatry residency in 2006 and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry in 2007. During the final year of that fellowship, Nangia was a staff psychiatrist at Carolina Center for Behavioral Health in Greer.

Nangia moved to Pennsylvania and practiced at Susquehanna Health Medical Group in Williamsport from 2007 to 2010. Nangia thenreturned to South Carolina in private practice at Palmetto Christian Psychiatry from 2010 to 2011 before relocating back to Pennsylvania to work at Sunpointe Health in State College from 2011 to 2012). From 2012 to 2015, Nangia practiced at Diversified Treatment Alternatives in Lewisburg and at The Well Planted Child, LLC.

Nangia then returned to South Carolina, serving as staff psychiatrist at Carolina Center for Behavioral Health in Greer, then taught at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Spartanburg. From 2018 to 2022, Nangia practiced at Parkside Pediatrics Behavioral Health in Greenville.

In 2018, Nangia founded telehealth practice Journey of the Heart, LLC in Piedmont. In 2021, Nangia became CEO of Known and Loved in Greenville.

Anti-trans activism

Nangia is frequently employed as an expert witness for opponents of trans healthcare for young people. Cases involving Nangia include:

United States v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477 (U.S., decided June 18, 2025)

  • L.W. v. Skrmetti, No. 3:23-cv-00376 (M.D. Tenn.): Nangia’s expert declaration filed May 19, 2023

Boe v. Marshall, No. 2:22-cv-00184-LCB-CWB (M.D. Ala.)

  • No. 22-11707 (11th Cir., decided August 21, 2023)

State v. Loe, No. 23-0697, 692 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. 2024)

Dekker v. Weida, 4:22-cv-00325 (N.D. Fla.), filed September 7, 2022

Kentucky SB 150

According to a brief by the state of Texas in State v. Loe, Nangia reportedly treated 550 children who met the criteria for gender dysphoria, roughly 350 of whom Nangia said resolved without psychotherapy. Nangia treats patients “with exploratory, supportive, and family therapy,” testifying that children with gender dysphoria benefit from such therapy.

In Dekker v. Weida, Nangia was retained by the state of Florida to conduct psychiatric exams of the minor plaintiffs. Judge Robert Hinkle rejected this request in January 2023.

Dekker v. Weida

Defendants file a motion “for an order directing Plaintiffs, SUSAN DOE and K.F., to submit to mental examinations before Defendants’ expert, Geeta Nangia, M.D.”

References

Lee, J., & Moses, J. D. (2025). The Role of Medical Experts in Transgender Legal Advocacy: A Historical Perspective on Kantaras v. Kantaras. Annals of Internal Medicine, 178(10), 1487–1494. https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-25-00922

Riedel, Samantha (November 22, 2024). Slew of Discredited, Anti-Trans Doctors to Testify In Upcoming SCOTUS Case on Trans Health Care. them https://www.them.us/story/anti-trans-doctors-testimony-us-v-skrmetti

Kam, Dara (January 19, 2023). A federal judge rejects the state’s request to evaluate kids in transgender Medicaid fight. WUSF https://www.wusf.org/health-news-florida/2023-01-19/federal-judge-rejects-state-request-evaluate-kids-transgender-medicaid-fight

Declaration of Dr. Geeta Nangia, Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield, No. 1:23-cv-00315-DCN (D. Idaho July 21, 2025), ECF No. 90-5. https://adflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sexuality-and-gender-alliance-v-critchfield-2025-07-21-declaration-dr-nangia.pdf

State of Alabama (November 2, 2023). Legal contracts submitted: Geeta Nangia, MD-Journey of the Heart, LLC: $75,000.00. https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/joint/contract_review/Contract_Review_Agenda_1123.pdf

Declaration of Geeta Nangia, M.D. at 1, Doe 1 v. Thornbury, No. 3:23-cv-00230-DJH (W.D. Ky. June 9, 2023), ECF No. 47-[__], PageID #: 1406. https://files.eqcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/47_10-23.pdf

Expert Rebuttal Declaration of Aron Janssen, M.D., L.W. v. Skrmetti, No. 3:23-cv-00376 (M.D. Tenn. June 1, 2023), ECF No. 143, https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Janssen-Rebuttal-Decl-for-PI.pdf

Defendants’ Motion for Rule 35 Examinations of Plaintiffs, Susan Doe and K.F., and Incorporated Memorandum of Law, Dekker v. Weida, No. 4:22-cv-00325-RH-MAF (N.D. Fla. Jan. 17, 2023), ECF No. 79. https://files.eqcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/79-D-Mtn-for-Psych-Exams-of-Ps.pdf

Exhibit A [Geeta Nanjia resume], Dekker v. Weida, No. 4:22-cv-00325-RH-MAF (N.D. Fla. Jan. 17, 2023), ECF No. 79-1. https://transgender.agency/files/dekker-v-weida/79-1.pdf

Resources

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Known & Loved (knownloved.org)

South Carolina Secretary of State (businessfilings.sc.gov)

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