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Woman Suing for Malpractice Says She Was Distressed When She Asked for Gender Surgery

She had ’top surgery' in 2019 but no longer identifies as male and is suing her surgeon and former psychologist.
Woman Suing for Malpractice Says She Was Distressed When She Asked for Gender Surgery
Westchester County Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., on Jan. 12, 2026. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times
Stacy Robinson
Stacy Robinson
1/27/2026|Updated: 1/27/2026
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fox Varian, the woman at the center of a gender-related malpractice suit, testified on Jan. 27 that she was “desperate and terrified” at age 16 when she sought the breast removal surgery approved by the two doctors she’s currently suing.

Although she asked for the procedure, she had been suffering from a host of mental issues that she said providers failed to adequately address.

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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]
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