Philly Abused This Trans Teen, Until She Got Even... And Then Some
By: Daniel Villarreal
On: Aug 19, 2011
http://www.queerty.com/philly-abused-this-trans-teen-until-she-got-even-and-then-some-20110819/When 15-year-old trans teen L.P. landed herself in the Philadelphia juvenile detention center, a judge told the staff to give her hormone therapy and due respect. Instead, the staff refused to call her by her female name, refused her access to female clothing and grooming options, and refused to stop other residents from insulting her. The residents regularly called L.P. "a wanna-be girl," "a ->-bleeped-<-got" and even attacked her. Once a staffer told her, "You ain't no ->-bleeped-<-ing female, you are a dude... Till you get your d--- cut off, I'm not going to call you [by your female name.]" She endured this kind of treatment for almost a year and a half.
Then in October 2009 Lambda Legal filed a complaint with the city's Commission on Human Relations citing the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Youth Study Center (YSC) where L.P. stayed for violation of the city's Fair Practices Ordinance prohibiting harassment and discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, and disability. This week, they finally reached a resolution.
