Posted on 04/19/2023 7:34:30 PM PDT by Morgana
BALTIMORE — A transgender woman is suing the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSCS) over alleged mistreatment while being held in custody.
Back in 2021 Chelsea Gilliam was arrested in Baltimore City on an assault charge.
Gilliam claims the department refused to accept her legally changed name and gender identity.
Before her trial Gilliam says she spent three months incarcerated in an all male dormitory at the Baltimore City Correctional Center, all while being denied hormone treatment.
During that period of time, Gilliam also alleges being harassed by staff and sexually assaulted by another inmate.
Despite reporting the incident, Gilliam claims the department took no action.
Afterwards Gilliam claims to have been placed in segregation at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center (MRDCC).
The lawsuit says Gilliam suffered a "great deal of anxiety and distress."
Her lawyers are looking to challenge the department's actions as cruel and unusual under the 14th Amendment, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The attorneys cite a past court case, Williams v. Kincaid, which they say affirms gender dysphoria as a protected disability under the ADA.
Currently the department has numerous policies and procedures in place prohibiting discrimination against gender dysphoria and transgender inmates.
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Gender dysphoria is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act????
I find that hard to believe, but I guess the Liberals have really pushed the envelope in ways that we don’t always see.
So having gender dysphoria is considered the same as being disabled and being in a wheelchair. That’s where we are.
Gay for the stay?
ACA allows treatment for psychological conditions
Out of the big book for psychiatric disorders or treatment.
Gender Dysphoria DSM-5 302.85 (F64.9)
Here’s a suggestion, Chelsea...don’t assault people.
Lack of planning on his part.
HE is just a mentally ill man pretending to be a woman, like Richard Levine and Dylan Mulvaney!
Everytime I see a headline like this, I’m confused about if it’s a man or woman. They should just make it clear, a man pretending to be a woman or woman pretending to be a man.
It’s really sad, as it’s the adults, public schools, teachers and the media who are pushing this on the easily influenced young people. I find it disturbing.
The best policy is to go by what the person has between their legs. If he has man parts he goes to a men’s jail. If she has female parts she goes with women. It’s real simple. You never lock a Dick up with a Virginia. If you do that you will have a bunch of pregnant women. If people still had common sense this wouldn’t be an issue.
Guys get raped in prison all the time. Nothing to see here,folks!
Thanks for the info.
So any mental condition of any kind is officially considered a disability. Good to know.
Hey, he bought the ticket and got on the ride, he can’t complain now that it seems to be spinning out of control.
This is mental illness. It should be treated, not ridiculed or the people hated for it. If anyone deserves ridicule it society structures and individuals who encourage it.
Do you hate peoppe with untreated mental illness? You shouldn’t. Hate the people and institutions normalizing it and therefore, denying what it is and denying treatment for it. People with these problems can be made to feel comfortable/more comfortable in their own skin again.
This is misdirection of hatred onto the mentally ill who are being used by TPTB to divide society by turning it into a wedge issue.
“Everytime I see a headline like this, I’m confused about if it’s a man or woman. They should just make it clear, a man pretending to be a woman or woman pretending to be a man.”
I had the same problem until I figured out the language. If the article refers to a “trans-woman”, replace the part “trans” with “fake”. Now you know it is really a man.
So this man dressed and pretended to be a woman, but he was still a man. When he was put in a prison with other men, he was abused by those men because he dressed as, and pretended to be, a women.
So just replace “trans” with “fake” and at this moment in time you will usually be right. However, this advice only lasts until they change the language again.
XX or XY.
If he was a woman then he would not require hormone treatments.
Pro Tip:
Always substitute Fake for Trans when the subject is a person.
Trans male = Fake male
Trans woman = Fake woman
The weirdos want it both ways. They claim it's a "disability". They also claim it's normal.
Which is it?
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