Transgender inmate ‘kind of in shock’ about state decision to allow surgery
Source: SF Gate
A few comments, via her lawyers, from Shiloh Quine, the prison inmate who has just won a settlement from the state allowing the first sex-reassignment surgery ever approved by a state prison system, not just in California but nationwide (the rest of the story is linked here: www.sfgate.com/news/article/Prisons-had-policy-against-transgender-surgery-6436180.php).
On her reaction to the news on Friday, her 56th birthday, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had agreed to the settlement: “I’m kind of in shock. It shows the world is evolving, and starting to understand different viewpoints and perspectives better than in the past. People are learning to recognize the humanity in everybody.”
On her life until now: “It’s like being inside a prison inside a prison inside myself. …It’s hard enough coming to terms with who you are, but for many of us we aren’t able to actually tell anyone or do anything about it due to all the pressure to be like everyone else. I think that’s why suicide rates are so high for us.”
Read more: http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2015/08/10/transgender-inmate-kind-of-in-shock-about-state-decision-to-allow-surgery/
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