An Australian psychiatrist has warned there may be an increase in the number of litigations related to gender transition surgeries on an international scale, saying the trend highlights the loopholes in the current gender-affirmative model.
The concern follows a media report by The Sydney Morning Herald about a Sydney woman who had hormone treatment and surgically removed her breasts and womb is suing her psychiatrist for professional negligence.
Jay Langadinos, who no longer identifies as a  trans male, alleged that psychiatrist Patrick Toohey did not provide her with sufficient evaluations or recommend she seek alternate opinions from other doctors ahead of her hysterectomy when she was 22….