SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate

[adrian]

Trigger warning

SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate in Georgia prison
Southern Poverty Law Center..(2/20/2015)

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/splc-lawsuit-demands-necessary-health-care-for-transgender-inmate-in-georgia-priso

"The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections on behalf of a transgender woman who has been denied medically necessary treatment and sexually assaulted by other inmates while held at a men's prison."

"Since entering prison three years ago for a nonviolent offense, prison officials have denied 36-year-old Ashley Diamond the female hormones that she had been receiving for 17 years".......

edit to news standards by mrs izzy

[suzifrommd]

This story crushes my heart.

[adrian]

I'm sorry. I should have added a trigger icon, but I can't seem to edit stuff from tapatalk these days.

But on the up side, the SPLC does such great work.