Prisha Mosley, 28, is pursuing an appeal in a North Carolina court after her medical malpractice and fraud lawsuit against doctors who advised her gender transition treatments was initially dismissed. Arguments are scheduled for Sept. 29 before the state Court of Appeals.
Mosley was prescribed hormones at age 17 and underwent a double mastectomy at 18. She alleges the medical providers misled her about the irreversible nature of the treatments and their effects. "I'm a mammal, a human, so I wasn't able to change sex. I didn't need to change sex because that's not possible and nothing was ever wrong with my body. Destroying it with hormones and surgery did not make me happy or well," Mosley stated.
Her lawsuit was initially dismissed by a trial court on the grounds of the statute of limitations. However, a North Carolina law enacted in 2025, specifically HB 808 (formerly HB 805), also known as the Protect Children and Women's Act, extended the statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits related to gender transitions. This law, which was passed over a veto by Gov. Josh Stein, includes provisions that allow for the reinstatement of cases previously dismissed or pending in the courts.
Despite the passage of this law, a trial judge dismissed Mosley's case with prejudice in August 2025, denying a motion to reinstate her claims. Mosley had previously found encouragement when a judge acknowledged that her fraud claims had merit, noting that she was allegedly told she could change sex, which she asserts is impossible, and that doing so was necessary for survival and would lead to a good life.
Mosley contends that the medical providers misrepresented the surgery and hormone therapy. She stated that she consented to "top surgery" believing it would alter her chest to appear male, but that this did not happen, and she experienced complications. She also claims she was told she was undergoing male puberty when she was experiencing menopausal symptoms as a teenager, and that side effects were explained away by her doctors.
Moses stated that she realized she had been misled when a child referred to her as "mommy," despite her presenting as male at the time. She mentioned a recent $2 million judgment awarded to detransitioner Fox Varian in New York, who sued psychologists and surgeons involved in her transition. Mosley asserts that no detransitioner malpractice cases have been lost in court, suggesting that such cases are often halted by procedural issues rather than by a jury's verdict.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Gov. Stein's office and the legal representatives for the defendants in Mosley v. Emerson for comment.