When our grandchildren study this period of time in school and learn about the rise of transgender ideology that captivated leftists, the legacy media, and many younger people for nearly two decades, January 2026 will be one of several key turning points in the effort to protect minors from poor life-altering decisions about their bodies.

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For the first time ever, a jury found New York doctors liable for medical malpractice on Jan. 30. Fox Varian, 22, won a $2 million decision in a landmark lawsuit against a surgeon and psychologist for facilitating her double mastectomy when she was just 16. The young detransitioner was awarded $1.6 million for past and future pain and suffering and an additional $400,000 for future medical expenses.

This is the first detransitioner malpractice lawsuit in the nation to go to trial and result in a win. The significance cannot be overstated.

Varian’s lawsuit claimed that her providers failed to obtain adequate informed consent regarding the risks of a double mastectomy. The case highlights just how vague medical practitioners have been about the risks associated with “gender-affirming care,” something the whole of the medical community only recently embraced as not just advanced but necessary, even life-saving.

The real-world effects of Varian’s win were swift, especially in the medical community. Within days, two major medical associations walked back their previous positions on providing gender-affirming care for minors. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons became the first major medical association to recommend against gender-affirming surgeries for minors.

“ASPS concludes there is insufficient evidence demonstrating a favorable risk-benefit ratio for the pathway of gender-related endocrine and surgical interventions in children and adolescents. ASPS recommends that surgeons delay gender-related breast, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old,” the Feb. 3 statement reads.

This quick reversal is significant – the nearly 100-year-old organization represents more than 11,000 physicians.

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