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A detransitioner will be just the latest of many around the nation to file a lawsuit against the medical professionals who transitioned her. She will appear before the Texas Supreme Court later today, hoping her case will be allowed to move forward.
Soren Aldaco was reportedly medically transitioned as a minor, starting at age 17, when she was given “life-altering” cross-sex hormones. She also received a double mastectomy during her transition and filed a lawsuit against the medical professionals involved in 2023.
Mary Elizabeth Castle with Texas Values says Aldaco is just one of many children who grow up and grow out of gender dysphoria. “80% of kids who question their gender identity as children come to accept their sex once they become adults,” she said.
Unfortunately, by that time, many of these children have already received permanent medical intervention—which has led detransitioners around the country to seek legal recourse.
Noted detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole says she was “butchered by an institution that we trust more than anything else in our lives” during her medical transition between ages 13 and 17. She is now suing the healthcare company Kaiser Permanente.
Fox Varian, another detransitioner who received a double mastectomy at 16 years old, was recently awarded $2 million by a New York jury, which found her psychologist and surgeon liable for medical malpractice.
Castle says these are all examples of why medically transitioning minors is so risky. “You start them off on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones,” she explained. “A lot of these side effects and health problems down the road make them basically patients for life.”
That’s one of the reasons the State of Texas recently banned the medical transitioning of minors—but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that Aldaco will have a case. Two courts previously blocked her lawsuit on the grounds that her medical malpractice claim had expired.
Castle believes that if the Texas Supreme Court upholds that ruling, Texas Republican lawmakers will work to change those laws. Sixty GOP members of the Texas House have already signed a letter to the Texas Supreme Court supporting Aldaco.