A woman who allegedly diagnosed herself with gender dysphoria as a teenager is suing two Wisconsin surgeons who removed her uterus and breasts, saying they performed the procedure without her consent.
Jay Lick and Katherine Gast, as well as UW Hospital were named in the suit in Dane County Circuit Court, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Lick reportedly removed the now 23-year-old woman’s uterus when she was 19, while Gast performed a double mastectomy when she was 21.
Both surgeries are considered gender-affirming procedures, according to the suit.
The lawsuit argues the woman self-diagnosed herself with gender dysphoria in her late teens, but doctors did not independently diagnose her, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
The suit alleges the doctor committed malpractice and failed to obtain informed consent, discrimination under the Affordable Care Act, hospital negligence, and denial of benefits and care that should have been provided to “non-transgender women,” according to the suit. .
The woman, who now lives in Chicago, said she previously identified as lesbian and then as non-binary to “cleanse her of the severe psychological stress and trauma she experienced as a child,” according to the suit.
The lawsuit accuses the doctor of malpractice due to the fact that the woman had diagnosed herself.Getty Images
The patient allegedly had a “series of traumatic events in her childhood home, including being sexually abused.”
She ended up running away from home and was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the report.
She stopped taking testosterone last year and began the process of “de-transitioning” after determining that her childhood trauma triggered the mental stress, not her biological sex, the outlet reported.
She now mourns “that she would never have been able to naturally have a large family, as expected in her culture,” the lawsuit states, explaining the woman is Jewish.
“UW Health and its providers care about the health and well-being of patients and work hard every day to ensure patients receive the best possible care,” hospital spokeswoman Sara Benzel told the Wisconsin State Journal.
The spokesperson did not elaborate on the case or how informed consent was obtained at the hospital, according to the outlet.
The woman’s attorney, Daniel Cragg of Eckland & Blando in Minneapolis, said his office is representing the woman to remedy the alleged personal injury, not for PR purposes.
“We’re not doing this as a (public relations) stunt like most devolution cases,” Cragg told the Wisconsin State Journal. “This is a personal injury (medical malpractice) case.”
The woman began her transition after realizing that it was her childhood trauma, and not her gender, that was causing her mental distress.Getty Images
The Wisconsin Senate last month passed a bill that would have banned gender reassignment surgery for minors, although Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said he would veto the measure.
Fox News Digital reached out to UW Hospital and the woman’s attorney Sunday morning for additional comment on the matter.
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