Transgender Woman Who Told On Police Faces Homelessness

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Transgender Woman Who Told On Police Faces Homelessness
By Carlos Santoscoy
Published: April 08, 2010

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=5553&MediaType=1&Category=26

A year after speaking to the media about being mistreated by police, Antonia Lara is facing life on the streets.

Last March, Lara, a 27-year-old pre-op transgender woman, shared a Twins Falls, Idaho county prison cell for about a week with Majid Kolestani, a 42-year-old transsexual Iranian refugee accused of murder. Lara was facing a charge of providing false information to police.

After her incarceration, Lara turned to the city's paper to complain about their mistreatment at the hands of prison guards.