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Nation’s First Detransition Clinic Open in Texas
Texas Scorecard ^ | 10/26/2026 | Amanda Lindberg

Posted on 10/27/2026 12:18:17 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers

Texas Children’s Hospital has opened the nation’s first detransition clinic as required by its settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Vanessa Sivadge, a nurse and whistleblower in the case, announced on X that the detransition clinic is now open. Under the settlement, finalized in July, the hospital was required to open the clinic before the end of October.

“I think of all the detransitioners who have suffered in silence, been dismissed, and fought desperately to have their voices heard,” posted Sivadge. “This win is for them.”

“In accordance with my settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital, the nation’s first-ever Detransition Clinic is now open,” said Paxton. “I will continue to ensure that this clinic provides the care and support that victims of the radical left’s gender ideology deserve. Together, we will protect our children and defeat the dangerous ideology that has inflicted irreversible harm on innocent kids.”

The clinic offers multidisciplinary detransition-related care free of charge for five years. Services include endocrinology, surgery, primary care, fertility counseling, mental health services, social work, and speech pathology.

“This is a story of redemption. Of true justice,” posted Sivadge on X in August. “The hospital who once sanctioned the harming of children is now setting the standard for their help and healing, at zero cost.”

Besides opening the clinic, the settlement requires the hospital to pay $10 million in penalties and retributions, and permanently cut ties with doctors who performed gender transition interventions on minors.

According to Paxton’s office, the settlement “resolves allegations that Texas Children’s improperly billed Texas Medicaid for sex-change interventions using false diagnosis codes despite longstanding state policy prohibiting Medicaid coverage for such procedures.”

It followed a years-long controversy over Texas Children’s promotion of gender mutilation procedures for children, which was discontinued after public scrutiny.

“This historic settlement is a resounding defeat for the radical gender ideology that has preyed on Texas children under the guise of ‘care,’” said Paxton when the settlement was finalized.

“This settlement sends an unmistakable message: if you put radical ideology over children’s health, my office will go after you. We will continue to lead the way in stopping the far-left’s radical gender agenda,” he continued.

Whistleblowers Vanessa Sivadge and Dr. Eithan Haim inspired further investigation into the hospital.

While a nurse at Texas Children’s, Sivadge “observed that transgender patients continued to be treated in the Endocrine and Gynecology departments despite the hospital’s 2022 public statement that it had discontinued gender-affirming care for minors.”

According to Sivadge’s attorneys at Burke Law Group, as the first detransition clinic of its kind in the nation, the settlement paves the way for pending action in other states.

Paxton’s office said the settlement was reached in coordination with President Trump’s Department of Justice.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: clinic; detransition; paxton

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The establishment of this transaction clinic is a major achievement by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Most, if not all other articles announcing the clinic omit the role of Paxton. Paxton has been an outstanding attorney general and will make be a good senator if elected. Unfortunately, he is a poor campaigner and speaker. Let hope that he wins the election underway. The blasphemous Talafreako, if elected would be a disaster.
1 posted on 10/27/2026 12:18:17 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
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To: JeepersFreepers

Great news!


2 posted on 10/27/2026 12:21:29 PM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: JeepersFreepers; lightman

Lord have Mercy!


3 posted on 10/27/2026 12:26:36 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: JeepersFreepers

So after screwing the minds of these people...they are finally getting back to reality.


4 posted on 10/27/2026 12:52:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Probably the same people who invest in the transition centers.

Double the profits!


5 posted on 10/27/2026 12:57:03 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: JeepersFreepers

They need to open a prison for all the doctors who performed these surgeries in the first place.


6 posted on 10/27/2026 1:15:34 PM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: dfwgator

You’ve probably nailed it.


7 posted on 10/27/2026 1:49:29 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau; dfwgator
If you would read the article, as part of the settlement, the clinic is required to provide the de-transitioning services free of charge. From the article:

The clinic offers multidisciplinary detransition-related care free of charge for five years. Services include endocrinology, surgery, primary care, fertility counseling, mental health services, social work, and speech pathology.

8 posted on 10/27/2026 2:34:17 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers (The heart of the wise inclines to the right but the heart of the fool to the left. (Eccl 10:2 NIV))
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