Young people who used to identify as transgender have filed dozens of lawsuits in the past few years, but have yet to win a verdict in their favor.

They are known as "detransitioners," those who regret changing their gender identity, often after making irreversible changes to their bodies via medication and surgery on the advice of medical professionals.

This year, several cases that have survived dismissal and arbitration, are making their way into courtrooms across the country.

?These cases face obstacles, including statutes of limitations, caps on medical malpractice awards, and huge legal bills for cases that can drag on for years.

?One case in New York, scheduled to go to trial this week, involves a then 16-year-old girl who thought she was a male and underwent a double mastectomy in December 2019, according to court documents. She has since detransitioned.

The case, Fox Varian vs. Kenneth Einhorn et. al, was filed in the Westchester County Supreme Court in 2023 against the teenager's therapist and doctor and the medical facilities involved.

?The significance of the lawsuit is apparent to attorneys at Fiedler Deutsch, an experienced New York law firm representing the detransitioner in the medical malpractice suit.

?It "may be the first case of its kind in the nation to go to trial," the firm's website noted in an April 2025 post titled: "Understanding Detransition Cases: Legal Recourse for Minors Impacted by Gender-Affirming Care."

?Medical professionals involved in the case are accused of negligence and causing pain, suffering, and mental anguish "of a permanent nature" to the plaintiff, formerly known as Isabella Basile, according to court documents.

?Defendants allegedly failed to inform the teen of "the risks, hazards, and alternatives" involved in the medical procedures she underwent, according to the lawsuit.

?Defendants have denied any wrongdoing, saying in court documents that at the time of surgery, "the plaintiff still identified as a male, was happy without breasts, and did not regret her decision."

?Neither the defendant's nor the plaintiff's lawyers wished to comment on the case when contacted by The Epoch Times.