http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/01/012606tsPrison.htmA federal judge has ordered the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to resume hormone therapy for two transsexuals who were denied treatment under a state law.
Judge Charles N. Clevert Jr. granted the temporary restraining order barring the department from withholding the treatment while the case is argued in court.
The women, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, filed suit earlier this week challenging the Wisconsin law. (story)
Over the objections of the Department of Corrections, the Wisconsin legislature passed a law last year that bars prison doctors from deciding the best course of treatment for transgender people by denying them access to any type of hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery while in state custody.
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