Court upholds inmate’s right to sex change

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Source: Boston Globe

A federal appeals court in Boston today upheld a judge’s ruling that a transsexual inmate convicted of murder is entitled to a taxpayer-funded sex change operation as treatment for her severe gender identity disorder.

“Having carefully considered the relevant law and the extensive factual record, we affirm the judgment of the district court,” a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit wrote, in a ruling that was a first of its kind.

The court ruled in the case of convicted wife killer Michelle L. Kosilek. As Robert Kosilek, he strangled his wife, Cheryl, in Mansfield in 1990 and dumped her body in a car at a mall in North Attleborough.

The court ruled 2-1. Its decision can be appealed to the full appeals court or to the US Supreme Court.

Read more: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/17/mass-appeals-court-upholds-inmate-right-sex-change-surgery/qeWDkAngsEryU7FdOEhSoN/story.html

[Nika]

1. It is a shame this is not a remedy afforded enough of us transgendered

women and men in the United States. It should be covered in many health insurance plans and or be more affordable.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. This is not going to go over well

I can hear heads exploding now...

[Pterodactyl]

3. That's the sort of thing that should have been taken care of before he murdered a woman.