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US trans prisoner sues over hair treatments
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/01/27/us-trans-prisoner-sues-over-hair-treatments/A trans woman in the US state of Massachusetts has filed a claim against her prison over allegations that she has not been provided with medically required hair treatments.
Trans woman Christine Alexander has filed a law suit against Massachusetts Department of Correction, of which she is currently in custody, because she said staff: “knew of her need for medical care and yet failed to provide the same.”
In Massachusetts, Alexander’s gender identity disorder is classed as a “major mental illness” and it has been reported that Alexander claims to have become severely depressed and experienced anxiety as a result of allegedly being deprived of the treatments.
The treatments required would be for removal of facial and bodily hair, and to stop Alexander from experiencing male pattern baldness.