Grant Lefelar – Last week, a 25-year-old detransitioned North Carolina woman filed a lawsuit against those she claims were responsible for convincing her to undergo gender-reassignment medical procedures when she was a minor.
Filed as a civil case in Gaston County Superior Court, Prisha Mosley alleges a team of doctors and counselors regularly “lied” to her by stating that transitioning from female to male would solve her mental health issues.
The complaint also states doctors injected her with testosterone shots which caused her to develop a deeper voice and led to considerable physical pain. Mosley also claims she may be infertile as a result of the testosterone.
Very proud to seek justice for Prisha @detransaqua against those who caused permanent damage to her body and increased her suffering. They need to be held accountable for what they did to a troubled young lady who went to them seeking medical help. https://t.co/ZGqnUgdDdc
— Anthony Biller (@biller_aj) July 18, 2023
Doctors also removed Mosley’s breasts in a procedure known as “top surgery.”
The lawsuit accuses the defendants of fraud, facilitating fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy, medical malpractice, infliction of emotional distress, and deceptive trade practices.
Mosley’s attorneys are asking for a jury trial and are demanding financial compensation for an undisclosed amount.
“I hope that by filing my lawsuit, more people who have unfortunately similar stories will hear my story and be encouraged,” Mosley said. “I hope that if young people know that others are by their side, they’ll feel less alone and more empowered.”
Case Details
Also named in Mosley’s suit are her pediatrician Dr. Martha Perry and her employer Cone Health; Shana Gordon and the LGBT-centered clinic where she works called Tree of Life Counseling; Brie Klein-Fowler and her employer Family Solutions counseling; and plastic surgeon Dr. Eric Emerson with his employer Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology (PPSD).
The defendants could not be reached or did not respond to Carolina Journal’s request for comment.
Speaking to Carolina Journal’s David Larson in May, Mosley spoke about her mental health struggles when she was a teenager, when she committed acts of self-harm and was diagnosed with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anorexia. Mosley believes a sexual assault at age 14 led in part to her mental health struggles.
When seeking mental health treatment at age 16, Mosley alleges that various doctors and counselors began to “push” her into transitioning, stating it would relieve her struggles.
Mosley alleges that in 2015, Dr. Perry, also a Professor of Pediatrics at UNC’s School of Medicine, diagnosed her as having a “gender identity crisis” after their first meeting when she was 16. The lawsuit claims Perry “guided Prisha into medicalized gender transition through deception and negligence.”
Mosley claims Dr. Perry told her that through testosterone injections, she would grow male genitalia.
Later in 2015, Mosley met with counselor Sheena Gordon at Tree of Life who agreed that Mosley should transition from female to male to solve “her many psychological and mental health problems.”
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