The nation’s top pediatric transgender doctor is facing legal action from a California young adult who underwent “gender-affirming care” and went on to regret it, according to a report from The Post Millennial.
Clementine Breen, a student who underwent life-changing gender care, said the side effects of her treatment have made life miserable. The biological female has a deep voice, an Adam’s apple, no breasts, brittle bones, as well as physical and emotional scars.
Breen underwent “gender-affirming care” at age 12 under the supervision of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. Johana Olson-Kennedy.
According to Breen, she was put on puberty blockers to stop her from going through female puberty, and then put on cross-sex hormones to push her body into male puberty. Breen claims she was not warned about the side effects that cross-sex hormones can have on the body, including brittle bone.
At age 14, Breen had her breasts removed by a surgeon Olson-Kennedy referred her to. By the age of 19, Breen said she stopped taking cross-sex hormones and began the detransition process.
“I mentioned that I might be trans,” Breen said, recalling her transition story when she initially spoke to her counselor about identity issues. Breen recalls saying that she “might be a lesbian and that [she] might be bisexual” as well, though the counselor at the time opted to call Breen’s parents and tell them that their daughter was now their son.
Following this interaction, Breen’s parents sought care at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, where Olson-Kennedy leads the pediatric gender clinic.
Olson-Kennedy has treated thousands of minors claiming transgender identities and believes that minors understand gender identity as young as 2 years old. She has long been an opponent of alleged “gatekeeping” for transgender youth and believes that teen girls are adequate candidates for double mastectomies.
“If you want breasts at a later stage in your life, you can go and get them,” Olson-Kennedy said.
