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LGBTI Laws & Policies - Court Cases

  • MICHELLE-LAEL B. NORSWORTHY, Plaintiff, v. JEFFREY BEARD, et al. (2015)

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  • Kosilek v. Spencer - Sex Reassignment Surgery in Prison (2014)

    This case involves important issues that arise under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  • State of CA and Transgender Law Center reach historic settlement over trans prisoner health care (2015)

    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reached a groundbreaking settlement with Shiloh Quine, a transgender woman held in a me

  • Transgender inmate is first to be awarded individual compensation under Prison Rape Elimination Act (2015)

    A Maryland administrative judge awarded $5,000 to a transgender state prison inmate, who alleged that guards kept her in solitary confinement for m

  • Transgender inmate to get $80,000 (2015)

    The state has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit by a transgender inmate from Rochester who alleged she was beaten by corrections officers a

  • Federal appeals court reinstates prisoner’s sex-change lawsuit (2013)

    “The 4th U.S.

  • Brandon vs. County of Richardson, Texas (1997)

    The Nebraska Supreme Court unanimously holds that the Richardson County Sheriff is liable both for his failure to protect Brandon Teena and separat

  • Jessica Hicklin V. Anne Precynthe et. al. (2018)

    A federal district court ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and its contracted healthcare provider, Corizon LLC, to immediately

  • Transsexual Prisoners

    A prisoner serving a 34-year sentence for child sex abuse suffered from gender dysphoria.