Woman Questions Transgender Transitions for Minors and is Met with Alleged Physical Assault By Trans Activist

On September 4, 20206, following a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Mount Sinai Health System agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and related surgical procedures to patients under 18.

The network includes the main Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, as well as its affiliated hospitals, medical centers, and clinics across the New York area.

In addition, it also agreed to pay a monetary penalty and set aside $2 million for free medical care for people who experienced harmful effects from such treatments received as minors. Mount Sinai stated it entered the deal to protect patient privacy and avoid releasing sensitive records to a grand jury, and it denied wrongdoing.

During a recent protest outside the main hospital, a woman claims that, rather than answer her questions or engage in civil debate, a prominent LGBTQ+ activist allegedly assaulted her.

Fox News reports that the counter-protester, Christiane Torello, claims she was allegedly elbowed in the chest by Jay Walker, the president of Gays Against Guns, who also served as a 2026 NYC Pride Grand Marshal.

“The hospital is no longer providing any type of gender-affirming care for minors, including surgeries, puberty blockers and hormones,” Torello told Fox News Digital. “There’s always a group of individuals who go to these protests to show their discomfort and displeasure with the hospital stopping these procedures because they want the children to transition. I usually go there in opposition to them. I support the hospital’s decision to stop providing that care. I always go by myself and ask questions.”

In the video she captured of the incident, Torello questioned Walker why he wanted to “have penises in the locker room” as he was yelling and walking away from her on a sidewalk. Walker then stopped, wound his elbow up and allegedly struck her in the chest before repeatedly shouting at her to “get away from me.”

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Torello said Walker was shouting slurs at her as he was walking away from the protest and she followed him to question him more about what he was saying.

Watch here.

In January of 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,  restricting ‘gender-affirming care’ across the country. The order applies to all individuals under 19.

The order impacts all federally run insurance programs, including TRICARE for military families and Medicaid. Moreover, all federal funding for medical schools and hospitals will be revoked if they practice child mutilation.

The executive order reads in part, “It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

“This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end,” the order adds.

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