01-07-2017, 02:27 PM
Strange Days...
Prison officials in California have been fighting against state-funded sex reassignment surgery for inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria for years.
But, they've lost the battle in the courts where it's been ruled that the 8th amendment mandates such medical treatment. The first $100,000 court-mandated surgery has just been completed. And, the inmate happens to be a convicted murderer.
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^ Shiloh Heavenly Quine, 57, and an accomplice kidnapped and fatally shot Shahid Ali Baig, a 33-year-old father of three, in downtown Los Angeles in February 1980, stealing $80 and his car during a drug- and alcohol-fueled rampage.
The daughter of Quine's victim said she objects to inmates getting taxpayer-funded surgery that is not readily available to non-criminals, regardless of the cost.
'My dad begged for his life,' said Farida Baig, who tried unsuccessfully to block Quine's surgery through the courts. 'It just made me dizzy and sick. I'm helping pay for his surgery. I live in California. It's kind of like a slap in the face', she added.
Quine will now be moved to a women's prison in San Francisco. Quine's case has also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men's facilities with clothing and commissary items ranging from nightgowns to necklaces.
Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, which represents Quine and other transgender inmates, heralded the settlement as a victory. 'For too long, institutions have ignored doctors and casually dismissed medically necessary and life-saving care for transgender people just because of who we are,' he said
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ia-funds-1st-US-inmate-sex-reassignment.html
Prison officials in California have been fighting against state-funded sex reassignment surgery for inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria for years.
But, they've lost the battle in the courts where it's been ruled that the 8th amendment mandates such medical treatment. The first $100,000 court-mandated surgery has just been completed. And, the inmate happens to be a convicted murderer.
^ Shiloh Heavenly Quine, 57, and an accomplice kidnapped and fatally shot Shahid Ali Baig, a 33-year-old father of three, in downtown Los Angeles in February 1980, stealing $80 and his car during a drug- and alcohol-fueled rampage.
The daughter of Quine's victim said she objects to inmates getting taxpayer-funded surgery that is not readily available to non-criminals, regardless of the cost.
'My dad begged for his life,' said Farida Baig, who tried unsuccessfully to block Quine's surgery through the courts. 'It just made me dizzy and sick. I'm helping pay for his surgery. I live in California. It's kind of like a slap in the face', she added.
Quine will now be moved to a women's prison in San Francisco. Quine's case has also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men's facilities with clothing and commissary items ranging from nightgowns to necklaces.
Kris Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, which represents Quine and other transgender inmates, heralded the settlement as a victory. 'For too long, institutions have ignored doctors and casually dismissed medically necessary and life-saving care for transgender people just because of who we are,' he said
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ia-funds-1st-US-inmate-sex-reassignment.html