By the time Richard Anumene was approved for gender reassignment surgery, he had accumulated a litany of mental health problems his attorney argues should have disqualified him from the procedure.
Still, in March 2021, Anumene—who had changed his name to Rika Ila Abbir—underwent a series of operations that left him with what some call only an imitation of female sex organs and a sinking feeling of regret for the now 28-year-old.
“At the heart of this is nothing short of an atrocity,” Anumene’s attorney Dan Watkins told The Epoch Times.
Watkins is the founder of Declare Truth, a grassroots movement of citizens in California who advocate for religious and medical freedom….