Child Psychiatrist Fired After Panning Gender Therapy Gets $1.6M

A child psychiatrist fired by the University of Louisville for criticizing gender therapy has settled a lawsuit with the school worth $1.6 million, the Louisville Courier Journal reported.  

Dr. Allan Josephson, who was fired from the university in 2019 for criticizing the rush to use hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery to treat gender dysphoria in children, worked as chief of the school’s Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology for nearly 15 years.

He was demoted in 2017 and eventually fired after making the comments.

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