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International Business Times
International Business Times
Mark Moore

California Student Claims She Was Wrongly Diagnosed With Gender Dysphoria At 12

A transgender rights supporter outside the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month as it was hearing arguments in a case on transgender health rights. (Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A UCLA student is suing doctors and several California health-care providers alleging that she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then "fast-tracked" for transition treatment that led to a double mastectomy at 14, according to a report.

Kaya Clementine Breen, 20, who said she experienced sexual abuse as a young child, said in her lawsuit that she "began struggling with the thought of developing into a woman and began to believe that life would be easier if she were a boy" when she was 11, NBC News reported.

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