Transgender inmates seek sex changes

[deadparrot]

BOSTON - Wearing lipstick, a scooped-neck sweater and nearly waist-length hair, the witness cried while describing what it feels like to be a woman trapped inside a man's body.

"The greatest loss is the dying I do inside a little bit every day," said Michelle Kosilek, an inmate who is serving a life sentence for murder.

Kosilek was Robert Kosilek when he was convicted in the killing of his wife. In 1993, while in prison, he legally changed his name to Michelle.

Since then, Kosilek has been fighting for the state Department of Correction to pay for sex-change surgery, which can cost from $10,000 to $20,000. After two lawsuits and two trials, the decision now rests with a federal judge.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060824/ap_on_re_us/transgender_inmates

[Jed Dilligan]

1. Would she then be reassigned to a women's facility?

I think having a penis is the standard in local county jails, which pick up transvestite prostitutes all the time.

[Laughing Mirror]

5. They'd all have to be transferred to women's prison wouldn't they?

If they become women, which is the logical direction of the treatment some are already receiving, getting hormones.

[seriousstan]

2. "the dying I do inside a little bit every day"??? Cry me a river

MURDERER!!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO21324/&h=113&w=150&sz=8&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=PheExHZWWW6U-M:&tbnh=67&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3DRobert%2BKosilek%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-51,GGLG:en%26sa%3DN

And an ugly one at that.

[pitohui]

3. i thought we discussed this case some time ago?

late breaking news? i think not?

[slackmaster]

4. Kosilek is a drama queen

If her family can raise the money for SRS that would be fine with me, but spending public funds on elective surgery? No way.