A woman sues well-known doctors and therapists for starting gender reassignment process despite her mental health problems

Layton Ulery, a North Carolina woman, filed a lawsuit against several well-known doctors and therapists for beginning gender reassignment treatment even though she suffered from multiple personality disorder. In the complaint, which includes Michelle Forcier (known as “the chicken lady” from the documentary “What is a Woman?”) and Jason Rafferty (author of the American Academy of Pediatrics' "gender-affirming care" policy), Ulery highlights that healthcare professionals "prioritized their own agendas, ideologies and professional interests" versus the true needs of the patient.

Up to eight different personalities

According to the Daily Mail, Ulery noted that her 18 years in a cult brought out up to eight different personalities, each of whom had no memory of the others. The woman suffered "sexual, physical and psychological torment," which also included conversion therapy to "cure" her of being a lesbian, until she left the group in 2015.

Ulery lamented that doctors went ahead with the gender reassignment process even though she was "practically and legally disabled under Rhode Island law." Health professionals persistently proposed a gender transition as a solution and quickly prescribed testosterone. They offered to perform surgery to complete the process, something she rejected, although she did consider a double mastectomy.

Far from healing her mental problems, Ulery claimed that the pressure for her to choose sex change aggravated her problems . What's more, steps in this direction caused "irreversible and mentally and physically painful damages to her body."