WASHINGTON STAND/ Dan Hart-
For the second time in a week, a woman who has detransitioned from a gender-nonconforming lifestyle is suing the health care professionals who advised her to undergo gender transition procedures, including the surgical removal of both breasts. The lawsuit highlights a growing trend of formerly gender-confused individuals who are suing the health care industry over what they say is medical malpractice for leaving them with disfigured bodies because of medical misdiagnosis.
Last week, Camille Kiefel, 32, who formerly identified as “nonbinary,” announced the filing of a lawsuit in Oregon against a social worker and a mental health therapist what she is calling an “abhorrent misdiagnosis.” At the time of the diagnosis two years ago, Kiefel said she “believed I was nonbinary, I struggled with severe mental illness and suicidal ideation.” After a one-hour Zoom call with a social worker and another video call that lasted about 40 minutes with a mental health therapist two months later, both who were deemed “experts,” Kiefel was given a recommendation to undergo a double mastectomy.
Kiefel’s lawsuit goes on to state that the defendants “transgressed the bounds of socially tolerable conduct by abusing their positions of trust and authority” by recommending “unnecessary, irreversible treatment” without proper consideration of Kiefel’s struggles with mental health. Continue reading...
