Long legal battle ends with father losing custody and medical decisions over son’s gender transition in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo-based software engineer Dennis Hannon lost a seven-year-long legal battle to prevent his eight-year-old son from undergoing life-changing hormone treatment aimed at changing his gender. Hannon claimed the boy’s mother encouraged the transition, yet the boy was comfortable being male. The boy, Matthew*, has since reverted to his original male identity, but Hannon has lost the right to make medical decisions on his behalf.
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