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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBy Tyler Durden<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Zero Hedge<\/a>)\u2014A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after identifying as \u201cnonbinary\u201d has reportedly secured a confidential $3.5 million settlement after suing the mental health professionals who approved her for the life-altering procedure.<\/strong> Camille Kiefel, 36, alleged in a malpractice lawsuit that two Oregon therapists signed off on the surgery after only brief telemedicine consultations, despite a documented history of mental health issues. The settlement was reached just days before the case was set to go to trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case is already fueling renewed scrutiny of how quickly some medical providers have approved irreversible gender procedures for vulnerable patients struggling with serious mental health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The settlement<\/u><\/a>\u00a0comes after another detransitioner, Fox Varian, won a $2 million judgment back in February against the providers who referred her for a double mastectomy at age 16. Soon after the settlement was announced, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons\u00a0announced<\/u><\/a>\u00a0its position on gender transition surgeries for minors, concluding \u201cthere is insufficient evidence demonstrating a favorable risk-benefit ratio for the pathway of gender-related endocrine and surgical interventions in children and adolescents.\u201d According to reporter Benjamin Ryan, at least 30 detransitioners have sued healthcare providers in the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kiefel\u2019s complaint, filed in 2022, named licensed clinical social worker Amy Ruff and licensed professional counselor Mara Burmeister,<\/strong> along with their respective employers, Brave Space and the Quest Center for Integrative Health. According to the suit, it took only two telemedicine Zoom sessions, each lasting about an hour or less, for Kiefel to get approval for the surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kiefel\u2019s history at the time of those consultations showed obvious signs of mental health issues that should have been taken into account, but clearly were not. She had a documented record of trauma, depression, ADHD, and suicidal ideation. Her path toward identifying as \u201cnonbinary\u201d began even earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She has described a childhood incident in which her best friend was sexually assaulted when both girls were in the fifth grade. \u201cI started dressing more masculine after that,<\/strong>\u201d she recalled. \u201cI just wanted to protect myself.\u201d In college, a women\u2019s studies course introduced her to the concept of being nonbinary, and she came to believe adopting that identity could explain the gender-related distress she had carried since childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the approval of the mental health professionals, the surgery did not resolve her gender dysphoria, and within two years, she detransitioned. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the interim, she developed vertigo, tinnitus, and Raynaud\u2019s syndrome, a condition that causes extremities to go numb and cold. She eventually began working with a naturopath and exploring the relationship between gut health and mental wellbeing. Once she addressed her physical health through nutrition, she says both her mental and physical condition improved substantially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That improvement is what forced the harder question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n