A detransitioner's malpractice lawsuit against doctors she alleges counseled her for years to undergo a double mastectomy and begin hormone therapy will proceed to the state Court of Appeals following a recent legislative change in North Carolina. The court is scheduled to hear arguments on the case on September 29.
Prisha Mosley, 28, was prescribed hormones at age 17 and underwent a double mastectomy at 18. She later filed a lawsuit against the medical providers, alleging fraud and malpractice for allegedly misleading her about the treatments and their consequences. Mosley stated that she was told she could change sex, which she asserts is impossible, and that undergoing these treatments would lead to a good life. She also claims she was told it was necessary for survival.
Initially, a North Carolina trial court dismissed Mosley's lawsuit, citing the statute of limitations. However, a law passed in North Carolina in 2025, identified as HB 808 (previously HB 805), extended the statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits specifically for individuals who have undergone gender transitions. This law included provisions that allowed for cases already pending in the courts to be reconsidered.
Despite the passage of this law in July 2025, a trial judge in August 2025 dismissed Mosley's lawsuit with prejudice, denying her legal team's motion to reinstate her claims. Mosley's legal team had initially been encouraged when a judge found that her fraud accusations had merit, based on the alleged false assurances about changing sex. However, the subsequent dismissal occurred after the statute of limitations was addressed in light of the new law.
Mosley contends that the doctors who advised her misled her by claiming she could transition to male and experience male puberty, which she states was untrue. She also asserts that the "top surgery" she received did not result in a male chest and that she experienced complications. Instead of male puberty, she alleges she was induced into menopause as a teenager, with doctors allegedly misrepresenting her symptoms, such as pain and acne, as signs of male puberty.
Mosley stated her realization of being misled occurred when a young girl referred to her as "mommy," despite her presenting as male at the time. She noted a recent $2 million judgment in New York awarded to detransitioner Fox Varian, who also sued medical providers. Mosley highlighted that, to her knowledge, no detransitioners suing their medical providers for malpractice have lost their cases at trial, suggesting that legal technicalities and procedural policies have previously prevented cases from reaching a jury.