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California transgender inmate’s lawyers seek swift sex reassignment surgery
The state has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay as it appeals the San Francisco-based judge’s order.
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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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Georgia prison officials change transgender inmate policy
Georgia prison officials are changing how they treat inmates with gender identity conditions, just days after the U.S. Justice Department weighed in on a lawsuit filed by a transgender prisoner.
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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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Justice Dept.: Prison must treat inmate’s gender identity as any other medical condition
The Justice Department says prison officials must treat an inmate’s gender identity condition just as they would treat any other medical or mental health condition.
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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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Pope Francis to lunch with gay, transgender, HIV positive prison inmates
The Italian news site Vatican Insider reports the Pontiff will lunch with about 90 prisoners on Saturday as as part of a day trip to Southern Italy.