Virginia Inmate Appeals Dismissal Of Sex Change Lawsuit

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Va. Inmate Appeals Dismissal Of Sex Change Lawsuit: Transgender Ophelia De'Lonta Wants Surgery

Thought this might be of interest. Please keep comments on context, and civil, PLEASE!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/va-inmate-appeals-d...

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Civil?

OK. On topic, too. The Huff surprised me with its language: 'disorder'. 'believes', and so on. I know little of US law, but I noticed the reference to 'those who have male genitalis' when deciding which prison they should be held in. I would suggest that we have all read enough about 'prison bitches' as well as fiction to know how that usually works out.

Funnily, I was talking to some prison officers recently. When I search someone transgendered, they tell me which sex should search them. When someone is being searched at a prison, it is a decision based purely on their possession of a vagina.