Sex-Change Inmate Says Treatment Stopped

AP via SFGate ^ | 2/26/8 | DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press Writer

[SmithL]

BOSTON (AP) -- A killer who sued to have a sex change claims her body is becoming more masculine again because she's being denied treatment in prison as she awaits a ruling in her bid for the surgery.

Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert, said that for months she has not been allowed to have court-approved hair-removal treatment or access to a specialist to discuss her testosterone levels.

"My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size and function, facial hair is thicker and scalp hair is thinner, all related to an elevated testosterone level," Kosilek said in a handwritten letter submitted to the court recently.

Robert Kosilek was sentenced to life in prison in the 1990 murder of his wife. Kosilek said the slaying was self-defense after she poured boiling tea on his genitals.

Kosilek, 58, who legally changed her name to Michelle in 1993 and has been living as a woman, first sued the Department of Correction in 2000, saying its refusal to allow her to have sex-change surgery violates the Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

In 2002, U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that Kosilek was entitled to treatment for gender identity disorder — including hormone treatments, laser hair removal and psychotherapy — but stopped short of ordering sex-reassignment surgery.

Kosilek sued again in 2005, saying the treatments were not enough to relieve her anxiety and depression.

"I would not want to continue existing like this," Kosilek testified in June 2006.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

"My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size and function, facial hair is thicker and scalp hair is thinner, all related to an elevated testosterone level," Kosilek said in a handwritten letter submitted to the court recently.

I think that's just called menopause.

[Dilbert San Diego]

some things just defy any reasonable comments..............

[bill1952]

My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size and function, facial hair is thicker and scalp hair is thinner, all related to an elevated testosterone level,"

LOL! - all related to a normal testosterone level,"

[lady lawyer]

I just hate the way the newspaper goes along with this guy’s sad, sick charade, referring to him as “she.”

If you gain control of the language, you gain control of the world. I refuse to submit.

[bert]

With a life sentence there is no big rush

[kinoxi]

Michelle Kosilek, formerly known as Robert, said that for months she has not been allowed to have court-approved hair-removal treatment or access to a specialist to discuss her testosterone levels. "My breasts have shrunk, genitals have regained previous size and function

'The taxpayers must resume mutating me into my sick self image, poor me.'
They should have a raffle and let some of 'it's' fellow inmates complete the operation.

[Paleo Conservative]

I wonder if it will be sent to a halfway house?

[Fishtalk]

Hey Dilbert...from San Diego....

....you’re righter than rain.

...this guy killed his wife. And some judge ruled he has a right to a sex change for his “identity disorder”.

And we should boo-hoo because as the ruling is appealed his body is...? Doing man stuff like it was born to do?

It defies comment.

[LucyJo]

LOL.

[fweingart]

What good will the sex change do this sicko?

More ammunition for the death penalty advocates.

[Doogle]

[Slapshot68]

I wonder who is paying for this sex change?

[illiac]

Other wise know as “Mr. in between”.....

[Sopater]

all related to a normal testosterone level

So, remove the source of the testosterone... problem solved.

[Abathar]

If he is having such a bad time of things just slip him a rusty old razor and let him ensure he has a lower testosterone level the old fashioned way.

[illiac]

LOL!

[Rockitz]

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf - Leme guess, Clinton appointee?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He's a he, he's not a she.

Wishing and hormone treatments and elective cosmetic surgeries don't change a thing.

[pabianice]

"Together We Can" and "Change you can believe in"