THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — UPDATED – Jan. 18, 2014: Ophelia Azriel De’lonta is to be paroled. From the Associated Press: “A Virginia prison inmate who has asked a federal judge to force the state to pay for a sex-change… Read More ›
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(UPDATE 3) It’s over, no SRS for Michelle Kosilek as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF CANNES — UPDATE May 5, 2015: It’s over. No SRS for Michelle Kosilek. The long saga of transgender inmate Kosilek ended this week when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. From the Boston… Read More ›
Transgender inmate’s lawyers to get $700K in ‘denying SRS is cruel and unusual punishment’ case
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — No doubt mainstream media is going to exploit this decision by the federal judge who earlier ruled favorably on transgender inmate Michelle Kosilek’s request for SRS, into a barrage of attacks against trans people, so… Read More ›
Legislator tries end run around federal judge’s transgender “cruel and unusual punishment” ruling
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Michelle Kosilek, the transgender Massachusetts prisoner who a federal judge said the denial of her doctor’s recommendation of sex reassignment surgery amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, has found yet another twist in her legal… Read More ›
Gov. Patrick, it’s not about sex reassignment surgery or the cost . . .
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I’m not going to speculate on the specific reasons why Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick decided to appeal U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf’s ruling on transgender inmate Michelle’s need for SRS, other than to point out… Read More ›
U.S. Supreme Court backs transgender inmate rights
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the state of Wisconsin on its law banning publicly-funded hormone therapy for trans women inmates. A federal judge quickly stepped in to block the law… Read More ›
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