Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton is a Professor of Pediatrics, Law, and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University. In a recorded lecture, Dr. Clayton appeared to threaten the careers of doctors who object to gender transitions for minors.

The controversy erupted when conservative commentator Matt Walsh posted a series of tweets on Vanderbilt Health, a hospital network affiliated with Vanderbilt University. In the thread, Walsh revealed the hospital was conducting gender transitions on minors via surgery and chemical transitions.

BREAKING: My team and I have been investigating the transgender clinic at Vanderbilt here in Nashville. Vanderbilt drugs, chemically castrates, and performs double mastectomies on minors. But it gets worse. Here is what we found. Let’s start at the beginning.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

 

Via the “Pediatric Transgender Clinic,” the hospital advertises what it describes as “gender-affirming” procedures for “gender-diverse children and adolescents.” This includes elective “bottom” and “top” surgeries and hormone therapy. However, the hospital allegedly removed any mention of surgeries from its “Treatments and Services” section following Walsh’s expose.

Vanderbilt makes their Trans Buddies available to children, too. They make lots of “services” available to children, including chemical castration. Though at some point in the last month they removed explicit admission of this fact from their site. Here’s the archived screenshot pic.twitter.com/X9nBpSxTC1

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

 

During a lecture on transition surgeries captured on video, Dr. Clayton addressed doctors who had “conscientious objections” to the procedures performed on minors. She warned that any doctors adhering to their religious beliefs will face “consequences” for not performing the surgeries. She further stated, “If you don’t want to do this kind of work, don’t work at Vanderbilt.”

Vanderbilt was apparently concerned that not all of its staff would be on board. Dr. Ellen Clayton warned that “conscientious objections” are “problematic.” Anyone who decides not to be involved in transition surgeries due to “religious beliefs” will face “consequences” pic.twitter.com/CgNicrG4Mg

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

 

During the clinic’s first year of operation, fellow professor Dr. Shayne Taylor delivered a lecture boasting of the profit each gender-transition procedure made. Listing off various surgeries and hormone treatments, Dr. Taylor revealed that each one is a “huge money maker” for hospitals and could provide tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in income before any of the necessary “follow-ups” by patients.

Vanderbilt opened its trans clinic in 2018. During a lecture the same year, Dr. Shayne Taylor explained how she convinced Nashville to get into the gender transition game. She emphasized that it’s a “big money maker,” especially because the surgeries require a lot of “follow ups” pic.twitter.com/zedM7HBCBe

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

 

In her speech, Dr. Taylor referenced “top” and “bottom surgeries” performed by doctors at the clinic. This refers to double-mastectomies—or the surgical removal of both breasts—of young girls (top surgeries) and the physical removal and replacement of genitalia (bottom surgery). Hormone therapy is also cited, referring to drugs used in the transition process.

A common drug used to block puberty is called Lupron, which was designed to castrate sex offenders and is not approved by the FDA. Even if the dosage is halted mid-transition, children are still unable to undergo puberty.

Vanderbilt has admitted that teenagers as young as 13 receive hormone treatment and puberty blockers at the clinic.

But they must have forgot to delete a video from Vanderbilt Psychiatry’s Youtube channel back in 2020 which admits explicitly that they will give and have given irreversible hormone drugs to children as young as 13. pic.twitter.com/Qn48zWoJ1N

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

 

While the clinic claims that all minors must receive parental consent, the hospital appears to have adopted a “mature minor” policy, which allows teenagers to undergo a procedure if they are deemed “mature” or competent by a hospital or attending physician.

Prior to Walsh’s expose, the hospital allegedly deleted all mention of surgeries from its “Treatments and Services” section.

Vanderbilt makes their Trans Buddies available to children, too. They make lots of “services” available to children, including chemical castration. Though at some point in the last month they removed explicit admission of this fact from their site. Here’s the archived screenshot pic.twitter.com/X9nBpSxTC1

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022

Following national coverage, the University halted all gender surgeries for minors.

UPDATE: here is the letter Vanderbilt sent to state legislators. Notice the wording at the end. They promise to comply with whatever regulations are imposed. They’ve already conceded the legislative fight. This win is even bigger than we thought. pic.twitter.com/VkKhuiHTUO

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 7, 2022

 

 

Students and Parents May Contact Vanderbilt Law School at (615) 322-2615 

 

Published – October 7th, 2022