Woman Suing for Malpractice Says She Was Distressed When She Asked for Gender Surgery

Woman Suing for Malpractice Says She Was Distressed When She Asked for Gender Surgery

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fox Varian, the woman at the center of a gender-related malpractice suit, testified on Jan. 27 that she was “desperate and terrified” at age 16 when she sought the breast removal surgery approved by the two doctors she’s currently suing. Although she asked for the procedure, she had been suffering from a host of mental issues that she said providers failed to adequately address. “I don’t think that [responsibility] really fall…