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Federal Appeals Court Hears Sex Change Case For Transgender Killer

Massachusetts prison officials asked a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling granting a taxpayer-funded sex change for a transgender inmate serving a life sentence for murder.

2013/04/02

Lawmakers: Public Entitled To Same Benefits Given To Kosilek

Rep. James Lyons and Rep. Marc Lombardo were outraged to learn of last month’s ruling by a federal judge, ordering the state to pick up the nearly $700,000 legal bill of convicted murderer Michelle Kosilek.

2013/01/02

Sex-Change Surgery For Transgender Killer Michelle Kosilek On Hold

A transgender inmate who won a court order for taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery will have to wait for that surgery.

2012/11/20

Transgender Killer Michelle Kosilek Wants State To Provide New Electrolysis

A convicted murderer who won a court order for taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery is asking a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments.

2012/11/19

Transgender Inmate Fighting For Electrolysis

Convicted murderer Michelle Kosilek fought for more than a decade before a federal judge in Massachusetts ordered prison officials to allow her to have a sex-change operation.

2012/11/18

State Will Appeal Decision To Grant Sex-Change Operation To Convicted Killer

The state plans to appeal the ruling in the case of Michelle Kosilek, who was born as a man but lives as a woman in an all-male prison.

2012/09/26

Kosilek: Judge’s Approval Of Sex-Change Surgery Is ‘Right Thing To Do’

A Massachusetts inmate who battled with state prison officials for 12 years says a judge’s decision to grant her request for sex-change surgery is “the right thing to do.”

2012/09/18

Killer Seeking Sex Change Also Eligible To Have Legal Fees Paid

A convicted murderer in Massachusetts who won the right to get a state-funded sex change is also eligible to have legal fees — expected to top $500,000 — paid as well, a federal judge ruled.

2012/09/17

Killer Granted Taxpayer-Funded Sex Change Sells E-Book

One week after learning her aunt’s killer will be getting a state-funded sex change, Susan Ohannessian is speaking out with new outrage over an E-Book being sold by Michelle Kosilek.

2012/09/12

Mass. Lawmakers “Greatly Troubled” By Judge’s Sex Change Ruling

50 state lawmakers are urging that the Department of Correction appeal a judge’s ruling that ordered sex change surgery for an inmate serving a life sentence for murder.

2012/09/07

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