UCLA student files lawsuit against doctors, alleging they rushed her gender transition at the age of 12.

A UCLA student is filing a lawsuit against two California physicians, accusing them of hastily pushing her into an "irreversible" gender transition at the age of 12.

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, head of the nation's largest transgender youth clinic at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and other defendants are being sued by Kaya Clementine Breen, now 20, for rushing her into a male transition and neglecting her mental health struggles and history of sexual abuse.

Instead of receiving psychotherapy, Breen was "fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging" transgender medical procedures.

At 12, Breen started taking puberty blockers, began cross-sex hormones at 13, and underwent a double mastectomy at 14, as stated in the lawsuit.

According to the lawsuit, Olson-Kennedy diagnosed Breen with gender dysmorphia and recommended puberty blockers during their first appointment, "mere minutes" after meeting with her, and allegedly concealed important information and lied about the risks and necessity of treatments.

For more than 30 years, the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has provided high-quality, age-appropriate, medically necessary care.

The spokesperson stated in an email that the center does not provide commentary on ongoing legal proceedings and does not discuss individual patients' treatment.

This fall, Olson-Kennedy faced criticism after confessing to The New York Times that her team had not yet published research proving that puberty blockers do not improve mental health among young people, in an effort to prevent the findings from being misused by opponents of transgender medical treatments.

According to the suit, Breen began seeing a therapist prior to college and discovered that she may not be transgender but rather had PTSD and other issues stemming from unresolved trauma.

The suit claims that her body has been irreversibly and profoundly damaged to the point that she is almost certainly infertile, despite her stopping testosterone intake and improved mental health.

California has become a haven for transgender individuals, enacting legislation that safeguards them from out-of-state prosecutions and shields them from school district notifications.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over whether states can ban gender transition care for minors, and the next day, Breen filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages.

The lawsuit alleges that Olson-Kennedy recommended Breen undergo top-surgery with Dr. Scott Mosser and the Gender Confirmation Center of San Francisco. The surgery was scheduled following a brief virtual meeting with someone on Mosser's staff.

On the day of the surgery, Mosser had a brief meeting with Breen and her mother, lasting only 30 minutes, before he approved the operation.

The Gender Confirmation Center declined to comment on "protected health information or pending litigation" due to HIPAA, but a spokesperson stated that there is no standardized patient interaction at the center.

Mosser stated that the center's processes and protocols are designed to ensure that patients fully understand the implications of gender-affirming procedures they may choose to undergo as part of their transition.

Former patients frequently share updates about the positive impact of their surgeries on their lives, even years after their procedures.