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Hospital Reviews Gender Care After Therapist Blows the Whistle
Therapist Tamara Pietzke at her home in Tacoma, Washington. (David Ryder for The Free Press)
Tamara Pietzke told The Free Press that reading the memo made her ‘want to weep with relief that my voice mattered.’
By Frannie Block
08.01.24 — Sex and Gender
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Almost six months ago in our pages, therapist Tamara Pietzke blew the whistle on how her former employer, MultiCare Health System—one of the la…

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Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
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