Justice Department sues Utah after transgender inmate ‘removed her own testicles’

ny POST ^ | 4-7 2024 | Victor Nava

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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of Utah and its prison system after a transgender inmate “removed her own testicles” in response to “unnecessarily delayed” treatment for her gender dysphoria.

The lawsuit alleges that the incarcerated transgender woman – unnamed in the complaint – was discriminated against by the Utah Department of Corrections following “multiple requests to UDOC staff for treatment for gender dysphoria, including multiple requests for hormone therapy” upon entering the state prison system in 2021.

The inmate was diagnosed with gender dysphoria in June 2022, nine months after she first requested hormone therapy, and the hormones were not provided to her until January 2023, according to the complaint.

“When UDOC started the Complainant on hormone therapy it did not do so safely or effectively,” the DOJ claims, adding that her access to care “was contingent on a biased and unnecessarily prolonged approval process” and resulted in her gender dysphoria worsening.

“In May 2023, Complainant performed dangerous self-surgery and removed her own testicles, resulting in hospitalization and additional surgery,” the lawsuit states.

In addition to seeking medical treatment, the inmate had sought and was denied “reasonable modifications” to prison policies aimed at helping her gender dysphoria symptoms, including the ability to buy “ female clothing and personal items.”

She had also requested that the prison – also unnamed in the suit –modify its “pat search policies” and “individually assess her housing requests.”

“UDOC denied virtually all of Complainant’s [Americans with Disabilities Act] requests,” according to the DOJ.

[MikelTackNailer]

Easy club to join...

Just castrate yourself and commit suicide.