Prison Officials: Inmate Doesn’t Need Sex Change

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http://www.wbur.org/2014/05/08/michelle-kosilek-federal-appeal

By Paige Sutherland May 8, 2014
BOSTON — Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder.

The inmate has been given a substantial amount of care, including female hormones, laser hair removal and psychotherapy, and doesn’t need the surgery, the Department of Corrections attorney Richard McFarland told the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.

“The clinician didn’t say you must have this surgery, but that if you want it you can get it,” McFarland said Thursday. Only 5 percent of people diagnosed with the disorder actually undergo sex-assignment surgery, he added.

Michelle Kosilek, born Robert Kosilek, has been in a heated legal battle to get the surgery, which she says is required to relieve the emotional stress caused by the disorder. Kosilek is currently serving a life sentence for killing spouse Cheryl Kosilek in 1990.

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[oneofthe99]

1. what the fuck

Now we have to pay for a taxpayer funded sex change to an convicted murder.


This country is circling the drain.......

[Niceguy1]

2. +1