Locked Down & Changed Up: Sex Changes in Prison
November 28, 2012
Comment
"The court finds that there is no less intrusive means to correct the prolonged violation of [her] Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care."
With that ruling the first taxpayer funded sex change operation on a prison inmate was authorized. Gender identity disorder is complicated enough, but when you add prison a whole host of new issues arise: Do they become targets for sexual assault? Do they transfer to the other genders’ prison? Is it unfair that law-abiding transgendered people have to pay their own way? Kimmy Gatewood explores on today's Brain Food Daily.
Advocate for transgender health through the American Psychological Association.
