Towe v. Cherokee Health Systems

Corey Towe is one of many victims of gender medicine. In 2022, he paid the ultimate price, taking his own life, just eight months after a single telephone call with a counselor led to him being put on cross-sex hormone therapy. In 2024, his parents, Shawn and Karen Towe, sued Cherokee Health Systems for wrongful death and negligence.

As a patient with mental co-morbidities whose parents were in the Medicaid system, Corey was one of the most vulnerable members of our society - and he was failed by the very people pledged to help him.

The facts of this case, which are laid out in the thread below with screenshots from the pleadings, are at the same time shocking and, at least to those who follow gender medicine, mundane. Corey's patient records are almost nothing but red flags. Several people attempted to intervene, including Corey's father and even the insurance company, but once the cross-sex hormone treatments were started, it seems that nothing, short of death, could stop them. Corey had been a patient of Cherokee Health since he was toddler. Cherokee is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), meaning it receives subsidies under the Public Health Services Act to provide healthcare low income communities. They are found in both urban and rural areas. A significant portion of the care they provide is paid for by Medicaid.

Corey was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at the age of 3 ½, then, later, with ASD, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, ADHD, Dissociative Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Major Depression. He was never able to live on his own and required the care of his parents.