Supreme Court rejects inmate's bid for sex reassignment surgery
Vanessa Lynn Gibson, a trans inmate in Texas, appealed to the Supreme Court and claimed that denying the surgery amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Vanessa Lynn Gibson, a trans inmate in Texas, appealed to the Supreme Court and claimed that denying the surgery amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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