Valerie Kloosterman
United StatesphysicianFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Valerie Kloosterman is a Christian physician assistant who worked for 17 years at Metro Health Caledonia before being terminated in August 2021 for opposing her employer's transgender affirming policy. She sought religious accommodation to avoid using patients' preferred pronouns and referring them for transgender procedures, leading to a lawsuit filed on her behalf by First Liberty and other attorneys, alleging violations of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
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Valerie Kloosterman sued University of Michigan Health-West after she was terminated for refusing to comply with workplace policies related to transgender patients due to her faith convictions.
Michigan hospital pays $410K to settle religious accommodation suitUnited States· 2026-08-01
Valerie Kloosterman is a Christian physician assistant who was wrongfully terminated for her religious objections to her employer's transgender affirming policy.
Christian physician fired for opposing trans policy has her day in courtUnited States· 2025-02-18
