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Boston Children's Hospital must pay nearly $2M in retaliation case

By The Boston Globe  
   November 12, 2024

Boston Children's Hospital retaliated against a woman by firing her after she filed a gender discrimination lawsuit, a jury determined last week at the conclusion of a trial that also provided an extraordinary window into the hospital's gender clinic. The hospital must now pay Amy Tishelman, a psychologist who is a leader in the field of youth gender medicine and the former research director at the clinic, nearly $2 million in back pay and damages. However, the jury did not find Boston Children's discriminated against Tishelman.

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