via Queerty by Daniel on 6/7/11
Virginia inmate Ophelia De'lonta lives in an all-male prison facility but she takes female hormones, wears a woman's prison uniform, has everyone address her by her proper gender, and gets psychotherapy to help with her transitioning. But the guards don't allow her to grow out her salt-and-pepper hair and she knew that the state prison system would never pay for her a sex change operation, so she tried cutting off her penis using three disposable razors from the prison commissary. She ended up in the hospital infirmary and got 21 stitches to keep herself together. Now she's suing the state in federal court, saying that the state is denying her a medical necessity. But her prospects for victory look bleak.
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