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California seeks to block inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
Officials want a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order that the state immediately provide a transgender prisoner with sex reassignment surgery.
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects transgender inmate’s appeal for sex change surgery
The court rejected an appeal from a convicted murderer who has been seeking taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery in prison.
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Judge won’t delay order on California transgender inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar made his ruling in response to a request by state corrections officials, who also have appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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California corrections department to appeal judge’s order backing inmate’s sex change
California’s corrections department said Friday that it will appeal a federal judge’s order that it immediately provide a transgender inmate with sex-reassignment surgery.
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Elton John, Michael Stipe call for protection of transgender inmates
Elton John and Michael Stipe are calling for the equal rights of transgender inmates following claims that a transgender woman was mistreated at a Georgia prison.
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Federal judge orders California to pay for transgender inmate’s sex change
A federal judge on Thursday ordered California’s corrections department to provide a transgender inmate with sex reassignment surgery, the first time such an operation has been ordered in the state.
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Transgender inmate asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear sex-change case
A federal judge in 2012 ordered the Massachusetts Department of Correction to grant the surgery to Michelle Kosilek, but that ruling was overturned in December by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Alberta makes it easier for transgender individuals to change birth documents
The Alberta government is making it easier for transgender people in the province to make changes to their personal documents without undergoing sex reassignment surgery.
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Hawaii legislative panel backs bill to ease gender switch on birth certificates
Mika Inoue was in college when she faced some of the scariest threats against her life as a transgender woman. Now, at age 25, she hopes to avoid those situations by getting a new birth certificate that confirms with her gender identity, without undergoing surgery.
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University of Colorado to cover transition surgeries for transgender employees
The University of Colorado expects to soon begin covering the cost of transition surgery for transgender faculty and staff when new insurance plans take effect on July 1.