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Transgender woman moved to Ontario female correction facility after Internet upr

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Transgender woman moved to Ontario female correction facility after Internet uproar
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/11/transgender-woman-moved-to-ontario-female-correction-facility-after-internet-uproar/
Carolyn Turgeon; National Post

A transgender woman who was held in an Ontario male correctional facility was moved to the corresponding female facility Tuesday night after an Internet uproar over her misgendering and detainment over a visa issue.

On sex-segregated institutions like correctional facilities and hospitals, the OHRC [Ontario Human Rights Commission] says the standing practice allows "post-operative male to female transsexuals to stay in women's correctional facilities" but in other situations it's a case-by-case basis.

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