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State Leaders Want Inmate Sex Change Ruling Appealed

A group of 50 Massachusetts legislators has asked the state Department of Correction to appeal a ruling from a federal court judge who ordered prison officials to provide sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate.

2012/09/06

Sorry California…It Is Now “Only In Massachusetts.”

Where else, but in Massachusetts, would you find a judge who would rule in favor of a convicted murderer who wants to have a sex-change operation and have the taxpayers foot the bill? “Only in Massachusetts” kids

2012/09/05

Family Outraged After Judge Orders Sex-Change Operation For Convicted Killer

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder.

2012/09/04

FILE- In this Jan. 15, 1993 file photo, Robert Kosilek sits in Bristol County Superior Court in New Bedford, Mass., on trial for the May 1990 murder of his wife Cheryl Kosilek. Kosilek was convicted and lives in prison as Michelle, a transgender, who has sued the state for a sex-change operation. Kosilek's lawyers will argue in federal court in Boston Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 that a recent ruling in another case supports her claim that the Department of Correction is violating her constitutional rights by denying her the surgery. (AP Photo/Lisa Bul, File)

Judge Apologizes To Inmate Seeking Sex-Change

A federal judge has apologized for his delay in ruling on a lawsuit seeking to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation.

2011/08/18

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