DOJ Claims State Drove Trans Inmate to Cut off Own Testicles by Refusing ‘Hormone Therapy’
The Department of Justice (DOJ) claimed a trans-identifying inmate cut off his own testicles because the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) discriminated against him by repeatedly refusing to give him cross-sex hormones and other accommodations.
The DOJ suggested prisons are on the hook for providing hormones and sex-change procedures for trans-identifying inmates when it determined the UDOC violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide the unidentified prisoner’s requested “hormone therapy,” according to a Tuesday press release.
The state corrections department also “failed to make reasonable modifications to its policies and practices to treat the complainant’s gender dysphoria” by neglecting to modify pat-down procedures, provide requested housing accommodations or allow him to purchase women’s underwear and makeup, according to the investigation.
The male inmate had requested to be housed either individually or with women, which was reportedly denied. After 15 months of wrangling with corrections officials, the inmate received the cross-sex hormones he asked for, but the investigation determined that adequate steps were not taken to ensure their safe administration.
The DOJ, which defined gender dysphoria as “a serious medical condition marked by clinically significant distress caused by an incongruence” between one’s biological sex and gender identity, claimed that the inmate was driven to self-castrate after his gender dysphoria worsened “as a result” of the UDOC refusing to accommodate his requests over two years. (Read more from “DOJ Claims State Drove Trans Inmate to Cut off Own Testicles by Refusing ‘Hormone Therapy’” HERE)
