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Jury Awards Detransitioner $2 Million in Historic Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit (New York) - Colibri - Feb 2 2026
January 30, 2026
Apparently only one reporter was present for the entirety of the trial so there's limited sources for this, all seemingly rehashing the same reporting.
https://archive.ph/tiXw6
Quote:A woman who received a double mastectomy at the age of 16 under the guise of transgender-related healthcare was just awarded $2 million in the first successful medical-malpractice lawsuit brought by a destransitioner...
“This case is not about regret,” Deutsch said, but about healthcare professionals who chose to “empower” a patient instead of treat her. Einhorn and Chin should have ensured that Varian’s other psychological conditions, including anorexia, depression, ADHD, autism, and body dysmorphia were “well-controlled” before approving the surgery, Deutsch added, according to the Epoch Times reporting.
Dozens of detransitioner lawsuits have been filed, according to Ryan, who tracks the cases. Varian’s was the first to win a judgement.
https://www.womensforumaustralia.org/detransitioner_fox_varian_wins_landmark_malpractice_case_over_gender-affirming_surgery
Quote:A New York jury has delivered a landmark verdict against two medical practitioners who approved a teenage girl to undergo irreversible “gender-affirming” surgery without adequate psychological care – a decision with far-reaching implications for the affirmative model of care for vulnerable young people with gender dysphoria...
This verdict is the first successful jury trial in the United States brought by a detransitioner against medical professionals involved in paediatric gender medicine.
While other cases have been settled out of court or dismissed on procedural grounds, this decision represents the first of hopefully many instances in which the rapid medical "affirmation" of minors is rejected as best medical practice.
Importantly, the jury’s finding makes clear that clinicians cannot rely on contested ideological frameworks to shield themselves from legal accountability...
Women’s Forum Australia has long warned that adolescent girls – particularly those experiencing mental ill-health, trauma, and neurodivergency are significantly overrepresented among those being pushed onto harmful medical pathways that fail to address their underlying needs.
The removal of healthy breasts from teenage girls is not a neutral or reversible intervention. It permanently alters the body, removes sexual and reproductive tissue, and carries lifelong physical and psychological consequences. The Varian verdict affirms what many detransitioners have been saying for years: that the politicisation of healthcare resulting in affirmation-only practices has replaced careful diagnosis, evidence-based care, and safeguarding.