Litigation on Gender Confirmation Surgery and Hormonal Therapy among Trans Women Prisoners: Views from the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals

This article analyzes U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals’ cases involving Title 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions filed by trans women inmates against corrections and/or medical officers for failure to provide hormone therapy and/or gender confirmation surgery (“GCS”) (N = 24). The courts varied in their decision...

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Main Author: Braaten, Claire Nolasco (Author)
Contributors: Vaughn, Michael
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 163-184
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Gender dysphoria
Gender identity disorder
Transgender inmates
WPATH standards