Fields v. Smith- Another Trans Legal Victory-Wisconsin Anti-Trans Law Struck Dow

[SandraJane]

Fields v. Smith


Retrieved from the Internet on March 27, 2012 by SJ


http://lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/fields-v-smith


Lambda Legal and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender women incarcerated in Wisconsin. The case challenges a Wisconsin law that bars access to hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery for prison inmates and others in state custody. Prison doctors used to be allowed to determine proper treatment for transgender inmates, but this new law strips them of that power. We received a court order for our clients to continue receiving treatment as the case moves forward.

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TransGriot



Another Trans Legal Victory-Wisconsin Anti-Trans Law Struck Down


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-trans-legal-victory-wisconsin.html

Back in 2005 the Wisconsin legislature passed a draconian law nastily called the 'Inmate Sex-Change Prevention Act' that barred prison doctors from providing necessary transgender medical care such as hormone replacement therapy or sex reassignment surgery while in state custody.