Crowds of protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday, holding banners and chanting slogans as its justices debated against the legalization of transgender health care for minors.
Among them was Prisha Mosley, who changed from a woman to a man only to regret the decision and return to her birth woman.
“I will suffer for the rest of my life for believing in my confusion those who promote this cruel lie,” he told the crowd.
“When I was young, people tried to warn me, and those people were painted as changelings by medical professionals who poisoned me.”
Speaking to The Telegraph outside the courtroom, the 26-year-old man from Michigan revealed the impact of his transition.
After being prescribed hormone therapy and puberty blockers and then undergoing a double mastectomy at a young age, Ms Mosley was left with health problems.
She relies on hormonal drugs, suffers from chronic pain and, after giving birth to a son six months ago, has milk “stuck” in her chest and cannot feel her baby when he hugs her close.
“My chest is numb, and I can’t feel my baby when I hold him there,” he said.
Ms Mosley said she began questioning her sexuality at a young age after talking to gender dysphoria activists online.
At the time, she was struggling with depression and suffering from anorexia.
When she told her therapists that she felt she was born with the wrong body, she said that they immediately “treated her” as transgender.
He said what the doctors did: “Well, your body is not good. I will give you its medicine.
His parents supported the treatment at the time but now feel that “they were lied to by the militant doctors who treated me”.
The two camps settled out of court in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
On the other side, a sea of rainbow flags fluttered in the winter wind, while protesters held up signs that read “protect the LGBT Revolution” and “Fight as a mother for Trans Rights”.
On the other side, divided cleanly by iron bars and a lot of vigilant police, the protestors who competed showed signs that say “stop harming” and chanted “leave the children alone” through a professional sound system.
The case, US v. Skrmetti, related to a Tennessee law that prohibits minors from receiving gynecological treatments.
It has been widely considered the most important transgender rights case to come before the nation’s highest court and could have far-reaching consequences for federal women’s rights law.
Although the jury’s decision is not expected for several months, early indications are that it will rule in Tennessee.
“I thought my doctors were my saviors and my heroes, and I trusted them. “But growing up and experiencing the problem of female genital mutilation, I lost my health and found myself alone,” Ms. Mosley said.
At 16, she was prescribed Depo-Provera by her dietitian to stop her period.
The following year, she was prescribed testosterone, which she said had “quick” and “permanent” effects, leaving her now dependent on progesterone and estrogen supplements to regulate her hormones after the transition.
Operation was ‘butchery’
At the age of 18, she was given an uncontrollable and inappropriate double mastectomy – known colloquially as “top surgery”.
The operation, which she described as “butchery”, left her with health problems, which worsened after giving birth six months ago.
“I was not warned what could happen,” he said. “I had milk trapped in my chest and unable to reach my breasts because my breasts were attached. They were removed and remade and sewn in the wrong place so that my chest looks like a boy’s chest.”
It was only after meeting her boyfriend two-and-a-half years ago that Ms Mosley, 24, decided to leave the transition.
At the time, he still dressed as a man and had a beard, but spending time with his partner’s young daughter inspired him to return to his biological sex.
“He called me mom,” he said. “His mother is not present in his life, but that is the way I took care of him.
“He told me the truth, and that’s how I got out of it.”
Ms Mosley now works as a full-time campaigner against hormone therapy and puberty and said the reason she continues to speak out is so “other children don’t go through what I went through”.
“My child has never had milk. There are a lot of negative effects on this that last forever,” he said.
“No one has the right to harm a child, I will continue to promote truth, love and science to protect our children, the children of our nation. I was part of the experiment. The attempt was an abject failure. “
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