Inmate Michelle Kosilek says sex change 'right thing'
By Associated Press / AP Exclusive
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20120918inmate_michelle_kosilek_says_sex_change_right_thing/BOSTON — A Massachusetts inmate who battled with state prison officials for 12 years says a judge's decision to grant his request for sex-change surgery is "the right thing to do."
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Wolf's ruling prompted an outcry among some legislative leaders, who say Kosilek, a convicted murderer, is not entitled to the taxpayer-funded surgery.
Kosilek tells The Associated Press in a phone interview from prison that gender-identity disorder is a "valid medical condition," though he knows some don't view it that way. He said he's entitled to medical treatment, just like other inmates.
