Except that is not what happened is it Eli?
Jesse Singal writes:
Reed explained that on the day in question she was sitting in “the pod,” the room where the medical staff worked, with Karen Hamon, a nurse. Casey Lofquest, a nurse practitioner, came out of one of the exam rooms looking concerned. She walked over to Reed and Hamon and explained that the patient she was seeing was having a rough time. This patient, who was a natal male and who Reed believes used they/them pronouns, was attending their second appointment at the clinic. During their first, which had occurred three months prior, they had been prescribed hormones by one of the Center’s endocrinologists.
Lofquest explained that the patient was reporting that their mental health had worsened since starting hormones. The patient also couldn’t clearly define their gender identity. That prompted Reed to pull up their chart on her computer to try to figure out what was going on. The clinic uses Epic, a popular program for keeping track of patient records. Included in this patient’s Epic chart, in the “Media” tab where additional information can be added, was the letter of support from an outside therapist that had apparently been used to justify the decision to immediately start them on hormones upon their arrival at the clinic.
The patient was quoted in the letter as saying they identified as a “communist, attack helicopter, human, female, maybe non binary.” The therapist also wrote that the patient reported that they “hope for the transition to feel better in my body and no longer just in a flesh box.” Despite these major red flags — or at least what Reed saw as red flags, reading the letter months later — the referring provider nonetheless finished the letter by saying the young person was ready for hormones.
Reed was sufficiently concerned by the letter to get Hamon’s attention and ask her to read it. Hamon read it and agreed with Reed that something was off. The next time the endocrinologist came into the pod, Hamon asked him about the letter. According to Reed, the endocrinologist reported that he did not have any recollection of a patient identifying in the strange manner described in the letter, which suggested to Reed that he hadn’t read the letter, or hadn’t read it closely.
(On Wednesday I emailed both of my press contacts at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as the three individuals Reed named to me, providing them with the full account of the helicopter incident I’m publishing in this article and offering them a chance to highlight any factual inaccuracies. I didn’t get a response, which is neither surprising nor necessarily damning given the intense scrutiny the Transgender Center, which Reed wants shut down, is under. I’m leaving the endocrinologist’s name out of this story because he is the only individual who Reed directly criticized, and because it may well be the case that he is not, at present, in a position to muster any defense without running afoul of his employer.)
Gender-Clinic Whistleblower Jamie Reed Has Provided A Detailed Account Of Her Most Controversial Claim, Including The Names Of Those Involved
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