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Title: SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate
Post by: adrian on February 23, 2015, 01:55:33 PM
Post by: adrian on February 23, 2015, 01:55:33 PM
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".......
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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
Title: Re: SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate
Post by: suzifrommd on February 23, 2015, 04:53:12 PM
Post by: suzifrommd on February 23, 2015, 04:53:12 PM
This story crushes my heart.
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Title: Re: SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate
Post by: adrian on February 24, 2015, 12:31:17 AM
Post by: adrian on February 24, 2015, 12:31:17 AM
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.
But on the up side, the SPLC does such great work.