NY AG Letitia James accused of firing lawyer who opposes gender affirming care for kids: ‘Cowing me into silence’

A consumer fraud lawyer claims she was abruptly fired by New York State Attorney General Letitia James for publicly sounding the alarm about gender affirming care and “transitioning” kids.

Glenna Goldis put the AG’s office on blast for terminating her from the consumer fraud and protection unit on Thursday, revealing they treated her like a “pest” when she first started flagging concerns about gender medicine for youngsters.

“James was wrong to treat me like a pest. I was trying to warn her about red flags for fraud that I saw around PGM [pediatric gender medicine] — that’s what she hired me to do,” she said in a scathing statement on X.

Glenna Goldis, a consumer fraud lawyer, said New York State Attorney General Letitia James terminated her for calling out gender affirming care and “transitioning” kids. Getty Images

“In the end NYAG accused me of engaging in ‘disruptive public speech.’ Unfortunately, that’s not true. I haven’t disrupted the Democratic elite’s zombie-like devotion to PGM providers. But I’m just getting started.”

Goldis said she started flagging — both on her Substack and internally within the AG’s office — that PGM providers could potentially be engaged in dangerous consumer fraud as early as 2024.

She claimed that some attorneys working in James’ office had initially “struggled to explain” why her public statements denouncing transgender ideology for children were “problematic.”

“When the general counsel finally identified an objectionable line in my blog, it was where I stated the holding of US v. Skrmetti (banning PGM isn’t discriminatory). She wrote that it contradicted James’s legal position. Indeed,” Goldis said.

On X, Goldis said, “James was wrong to treat me like a pest. I was trying to warn her about red flags for fraud that I saw around PGM [pediatric gender medicine] — that’s what she hired me to do.” linkedin/glenna goldis

The attorney alleges she was then warned it was “unethical” to take a public legal position that opposed one held by the attorney general — and argued those in the office were “trying to protect James by cowing me into silence.”

Goldis — who described herself as a lesbian “member of the LGBTQ community that James purports to champion” — went on to bash leftist officials for turning gender-affirming care into a battle of good versus evil.

“I’ve practiced public interest law for my entire 15-year career. My social circles are full of progressive lawyers. Like most Americans, they tend to be leery of PGM,” she said.

“But their leaders on the left treat it like a battle of good vs. evil. That makes ordinary people afraid to voice skepticism. James’s behavior toward me illustrates why the public discussion of PGM is often one-sided in places like NYC — and so strikingly different from what you hear behind closed doors.”

In a statement to The Post, a spokesperson for the attorney general’s office confirmed Goldis’ firing.

“The Office of the Attorney General has rules and protocols for employees who engage in activities that can impact the work, operations, or integrity of the office,” the statement said.

“This former employee’s flagrant and repeated disregard of these rules and protocols disrupted and undermined our efforts to protect the rights of all New Yorkers.”

James’ office, for its part, is embroiled in a slew of ongoing federal lawsuits against the Trump administration over its efforts to crack down on gender transition procedures for children.