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  1. 7th Circuit Rules Prison Not Required to Provide Treatment for Gender Dysphoria

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Bottom surgery, Estrogen, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Tasha Maggert
    Description: Content warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  2. Federal Court In New York Rules on Request For Preoperative Transsexual To Receive Treatment

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Medical care, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Cuoco
    Description: A record of the case Cuoco vs. Quinlan, involving an incarcerated MtF individual who was denied access to medical care for their gender dysphoria.
  3. Federal District Court Rules on Transsexual Treatment Rights in Prison

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Mar. 9, 1998
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medical care, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: A record detailing the case of Dee Farmer, a trans woman incarcerated in a federal prison who sued for access to proper medical treatment for gender dysphoria.
  4. Transsexual Can Use Fictional Name In Suit to Receive Insurance Reimbursement For Operations

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal name, Medical care, Transsexual people
    Description: A record of the case Doe vs. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which involves a transsexual individual who lost the endorsement of insurance carriers in receiving gender-affirming care.