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Re: Doctor Fired for Criticizing Child Sex Changes Wins $1.6M Settlement

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On 5/1/25 21:19, Miami Nights wrote:
> DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A child psychiatrist who voiced concerns
> about sex changes for minors won a settlement against the school that
> fired him over his comments.
> 
> The University of Louisville agreed to pay Dr. Allan Josephson $1.6
> million to end a six-year legal battle over a talk he gave at a
> conservative think tank in 2017, Alliance Defending Freedom announced
> Monday.
> 
> Josephson is credited as one of the earliest prominent experts to
> challenge the popularity of transgender procedures for children such as
> surgery and hormone therapy.
> 
> “Dr. Josephson risked his career and reputation to speak the truth, and
> the University of Louisville fired him for taking a stand,” ADF said on
> its website. “Nearly a decade later, Dr. Josephson’s legal victory tells
> the story of how gender ideology engulfed America—yet the truth won
> out.”
> 
> Josephson alleged that university officials began targeting him for his
> skepticism of trying to change children’s genders, leading them to
> cancel his contract in 2019 and end his nearly 40-year journey in
> academia. The pattern of behavior allegedly began after Josephson spoke
> on a panel at the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation in 2017.
> 
> Josephson told his audience that doctors pushing sex changes are
> “neglecting the developmental needs of children” and called it
> “unbelievable” that the medical establishment would ignore biology in
> favor of “this feeling, this notion of gender identity.”
> 
> Days later, a director of the University of Louisville’s LGBT Executive
> Center became aware of the event and emailed the dean of the School of
> Medicine, according to court documents. The director allegedly warned
> that Josephson “might be violating the ethical standards for psychiatry”
> and that his opinion “runs counter to the messages of inclusion and
> welcome that we have been sending.” Josephson’s team alleged this was
> one of a long line of steps officials took against him over his views.
> 
> The university fought ADF’s lawsuit all the way up to the 6th U.S.
> Circuit Court of Appeals before eventually settling. The school’s media
> team declined to comment in an email to the Daily Caller News
> Foundation.
> 
> President Donald Trump’s administration has pushed back on the
> transgender movement since returning to office, designating sex as
> biological in government policy, directing a health agency to study
> those who regret sex changes, trying to ban gender-dysphoric military
> members, and other actions.
> 
> While announcing the settlement, ADF rejoiced that “the tide has shifted
> back toward truth and common sense” under Trump.
> 
> “I’m glad to finally receive vindication for voicing what I know is
> true,” Josephson said in the press release.
> 
> Hudson Crozier is a contributor at The Daily Caller.
> 
> https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/22/doctor-who-lost-job-after-angering
> -transgender-lobby-wins-settlement-sex-changes/

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Doctor Fired for Criticizing Child Sex Changes Wins $1.6M Settlement Miami Nights <m_____@dont-email.me> - 2025-05-02 04:19 +0000
  Re: Doctor Fired for Criticizing Child Sex Changes Wins $1.6M Settlement chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-05-02 06:43 -0500
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