Transgender woman held in Toronto-area men's prison

Toronto Sun ^ | Feb. 11, 2014 | Shawn Jeffords

[cardinal4]

I hate when the media refers to these creatures by their desired gender as opposed to their true gender. Does it have a Y chromosome? It does? It’s a freaking male! Knock it off with the stupid sh*t, and put the dope in the men’s prison, desire to be woman doesn’t change anatomy.!!

[pfflier]

Apparently his anatomy still says so too. His chromosones will always say that.

[DemforBush]

“Sugden said a prison manager told her Edison is being kept out of the jail’s general population.”

Probably the smart move here. Edison is a biological male, no matter what he claims to be inside. At the same time, he’s going to be chum in the water if they throw in gen pop. Keep the guy in protective custody or whatever until they clear this mess up. If all Edison is guilty of is overstaying a visa, then it shouldn’t take long to clear the matter up.

[radiohead]

As a person who has to put up with wondering if the women’s bathroom is going to be a ‘safe place for transgendered persons’ because I’m on a college campus, I can’t see putting ‘her’ in a woman’s prison.

I understand why she might feel she belongs there, with hormone therapy and living as a female, and all, but she has male genitalia. You wanna go transgender, get all the work done or stay out of my bathroom.

[Eagles6]

Affirmatively participating in another person’s delusion will not cure their mental illness.

[raccoonradio]

Robert Kosilek aka Michelle in Massachusetts, being held in a men's prison, will have a sex change operation funded by taxpayers, after a (panel of) judges' ruling. He killed his wife.

Wiki: "Kosilek is incarcerated in Norfolk, Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, a medium security male prison. Kosilek has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder and identifies as female...On October 20, 2006, Kosilek married a woman named Jessica, she is transgender and imprisoned in a different state. The marriage is unofficial and involved the women coordinating to say their vows at the same time." I believe after the surgery he/she/it will be moved to a women's prison.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Prisons should be based on genetic tests alone, and not personal preference.

[JimRed]

They told me because ‘his’ genitals were male, ‘he’ would be in a men’s prison.

I self-identify as a male lesbian. I demand to be placed in a women's prison! < /sarc >