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Results: Massive Lawsuit: Detransitioner Sues 8 Health Care Professionals After Irreversible Surgery Left Her with Facial Hair and Male-Pattern Balding

Published on 03/23/2023
Anonymous
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Health & Fitness
An Ontario, Canada, woman has filed a lawsuit in Ottawa against the health care professionals who facilitated her transition from female to male for their failure to present “alternative treatment options.”
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Multiple outlets, including The National Post, a Canadian media outlet, reported that Michelle Zacchigna, 34, who is now detransitioning, underwent testosterone treatments and surgery to have her breasts and womb removed, decisions she now regrets. Do you think the major decision of transitioning from birth sex to the opposite is a permanent decision that is likely to be regretted if the person is not 100% CERTAIN when such decision is made and life-altering hormones/surgeries are completed?
Yes
46%
1014 votes
No
7%
150 votes
Undecided
23%
509 votes
Not Applicable
24%
527 votes
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According to Zacchigna's statement of claim, "Michelle's stated desire to become transgender was never challenged and it was treated to the exclusion of her other serious mental health issues, closing the door to alternative treatment options." Do you agree that the huge push toward transitioning is likely to put undue pressure on some - especially those already struggling with mental health issues & possibly an unhealthy desire to "fit in" - whatever the cost?
Yes
42%
921 votes
No
11%
234 votes
Undecided
22%
494 votes
Not Applicable
25%
551 votes
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The eight defendants include "doctors, psychologists, a psychotherapist and a counselor." The lawsuit claims these individuals "permitted Michelle to self-diagnose as transgender and prescribe her own treatment without providing a differential diagnosis or proposing alternative treatments." Do you agree it is potentially dangerous to fully embrace someone's thoughts of transitioning - without more thoroughly exploring the seriousness of that decision - and encouraging a permanent change - that they may later regret?
Yes
45%
990 votes
No
8%
182 votes
Undecided
21%
455 votes
Not Applicable
26%
573 votes
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The statement of claim details Zacchigna's troubled mental history which began when she was in elementary school. She had difficulty connecting with others and "was often bullied." By the age of 11, she had begun "cutting her arm with a knife." Following a suicide attempt at the age of 20, she began seeing a psychotherapist and received treatment "for social anxiety and clinical depression," the claim said. "Unhappy and depressed," she dropped out of college. She "engaged with an online community around gender nonconformity." Do you agree those with mental issues are more likely to entertain thoughts of changing their gender - and perhaps for that reason - this decision should be more cautiously considered by medical personnel?
Yes
39%
863 votes
No
10%
229 votes
Undecided
24%
531 votes
Not Applicable
26%
577 votes
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According to the claim, "Michelle came to believe that her biological sex of female did not match her true gender identity of male. … She further came to believe that this mismatch between her biological sex and gender identity was causing her feelings of depression, self-harming behaviour and unease in her body, a mental health condition commonly known as gender dysphoria." Rather than trying to confirm the self-diagnosis of a mixed-up 20-year-old, or recommending alternative treatments, medical professionals sent her on her transition journey. Do you think alternative treatments should be at least recommended or tried before the more drastic hormone replacement therapy and/or surgery is done (that will possibly result in permanent changes that may later be regretted)?
According to the claim,
Yes
45%
988 votes
No
8%
172 votes
Undecided
21%
458 votes
Not Applicable
26%
582 votes
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