Jamie Reed
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In early 2023, a woman named Jamie Reed made headlines when she filed an affidavit with the Missouri Attorney General's office. She had been a case manager at one of the only youth gender clinics in the state, the Washington University Transgender Center. And in her affidavit, she made a number of explosive claims about the care kids were getting there.
In early 2023, a woman named Jamie Reed made headlines when she filed an affidavit with the Missouri Attorney General's office. She had been a case manager at one of the only youth gender clinics in the state, the Washington University Transgender Center. And in her affidavit, she made a number of explosive claims about the care kids were getting there.
Two days later, a first-person account of her experience was published in the Free Press. And she gave them an interview where she laid out some of her claims.
Two days later, a first-person account of her experience was published in the Free Press. And she gave them an interview where she laid out some of her claims.
Jamie described a clinic totally unprepared for the moment.
Jamie described a clinic totally unprepared for the moment.
She said when she started in 2018, the clinic had just opened and had no formal guidelines for how it should operate. Soon, it was facing the same increase in patients as so many other clinics. Often, she said, those patients had severe psychological issues. In her affidavit, Jamie wrote about kids struggling with schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD.
She said when she started in 2018, the clinic had just opened and had no formal guidelines for how it should operate. Soon, it was facing the same increase in patients as so many other clinics. Often, she said, those patients had severe psychological issues. In her affidavit, Jamie wrote about kids struggling with schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD.
It just kept feeling like... And rather than treat those underlying issues, Jamie wrote that doctors were just prescribing puberty blockers and hormones, and routinely doing so without the willing consent of their parents.
It just kept feeling like... And rather than treat those underlying issues, Jamie wrote that doctors were just prescribing puberty blockers and hormones, and routinely doing so without the willing consent of their parents.
Jamie said that after the leadership of the hospital didn't address her concerns, she quit her job at the clinic. A few months later, she filed her affidavit with the state.
Jamie said that after the leadership of the hospital didn't address her concerns, she quit her job at the clinic. A few months later, she filed her affidavit with the state.
In going public with these claims, Jamie Reed became the first whistleblower from a pediatric gender center in the U.S. And it wasn't just that she had worked at the clinic.
In going public with these claims, Jamie Reed became the first whistleblower from a pediatric gender center in the U.S. And it wasn't just that she had worked at the clinic.
She self-identified as a progressive and as a queer woman. And she was married to a trans man. So for opponents of the care, she was an incredibly potent messenger.
She self-identified as a progressive and as a queer woman. And she was married to a trans man. So for opponents of the care, she was an incredibly potent messenger.
Within days of Jamie coming forward, Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri opened an investigation into the clinic.
Within days of Jamie coming forward, Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri opened an investigation into the clinic.