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Tolerant Rehab Sued for Transgender Bias

Started by Shana A, November 23, 2011, 08:50:19 AM

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Shana A

November 23, 2011, 08:50:19 AM
Tolerant Rehab Sued for Transgender Bias
By ADAM KLASFELD

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/22/41668.htm

     BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) - Discrimination at the hands of a progressive rehabilitation center left a transgender woman in long-term solitary confinement at an all-male supermax prison, the former inmate claims in a new lawsuit filed with help from attorneys working pro bono.
     Thirty-two-year-old Sabrina Wilson says she has identified as female since age 14, when her name was Sabire, and started hormone therapy two years later.
     Living in an all-male prison population was "hell" because of transphobia and harassment from other inmates and prison staff, Wilson told Courthouse News in an email sent through her attorneys. She hopes her lawsuit will make the Phoenix House and its director "regret their actions."
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