A former “gender care specialist” at Boston Children’s Hospital testified that her ex-employer slashed the time allotted for psychologists to assess minors exhibiting confusion about their sex before referring them for irreversible medicalized gender procedures.
Dr. Amy Tishelman, a clinical and research psychologist, started working for Boston Children’s gender clinic in 2013 before her termination in 2021.
As The New York Sun reported last week, the hospital terminated Tishelman because she allegedly violated a patient privacy law; however, she filed a lawsuit accusing her former employer of ageism, sexism and retaliation.
Tishelman stated before the Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston last week that, at the beginning of her career working at the gender clinic, she initially had 20 hours or more to assess children who expressed feelings of disassociation from their actual sex. The time allotted also included the writing of a report on each child’s assessment.
Over the years, however, the hospital reduced the consultation time, allowing Tishelman 2 and a half hours to assess patients and write a report.
Tishelman called the changes “reckless” adding, “I didn’t feel like that was doable at all.”
Tishelman said changing one’s sex isn’t like taking an aspirin.