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Title: German court rules cross-dressing prisoners okay
Post by: Shana A on March 03, 2011, 08:56:05 AM
German court rules cross-dressing prisoners okay

BERLIN | Wed Mar 2, 2011 12:46pm EST

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/02/us-prison-transgender-idUSTRE72153L20110302 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/02/us-prison-transgender-idUSTRE72153L20110302)

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Jailed transgender men and women in Germany will be able to wear whichever clothes they want after a court on Tuesday ruled that personal rights superseded security concerns when it comes to clothes.

An incarcerated transgender man first brought the suit to court because a state prison would not let him wear women's clothing as he had done before entering prison.
Title: Re: German court rules cross-dressing prisoners okay
Post by: TheAetherealMeadow on March 05, 2011, 04:11:44 PM
Cross-dressing? Transgender MAN (referring to MTF)?  :icon_anger: :eusa_wall:
Title: Re: German court rules cross-dressing prisoners okay
Post by: regan on March 05, 2011, 04:18:22 PM
At least in the US, every prisoner I've seen wears a fairly unisex uniform.