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| Virginia Inmate Granted Hearing for Sex Change |
| By wydaily.com - Amber Shiflett |
| Published: 01/30/2013 |
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RICHMOND – A Virginia prison inmate seeking a sex-change operation won a legal victory Monday when a federal appeals panel ordered a lower court to hear the case. Born as Michael Stokes, Ophelia De’lonta has been diagnosed with gender identity disorder, a psychological condition that causes a person to feel trapped in the body of the opposite sex. De’lonta is serving a 73-year sentence for bank robbery. Since her incarceration in 1983, De’lonta has filed several lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Corrections, claiming that denial of sex-reassignment surgery for her is a violation of her Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment. De’lonta’s pursuit of a sex change has been unsuccessful. Most recently, in 2011, a federal judge dismissed her self-filed lawsuit against the Department of Corrections. Read More. |
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