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Link below. From the article:
In the final days of 2024, a federal judge in Florida’s Northern District issued a ruling rejecting a preliminary injunction against a new Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) policy targeting transgender inmates. This policy, introduced on September 30, 2024, frames gender dysphoria as a “short-term delusion,” restricting access to gender-affirming care, permitting hormones only in “rare instances” deemed constitutionally necessary. The FDC bulletin also suggests psychotropic medications and psychotherapy as sufficient alternatives to medical transition, ignoring widely accepted medical guidelines.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), representing plaintiff Reiyn Keohane, challenged the policy, arguing it strips transgender inmates of essential care and dignity. Under the policy, trans women in Florida prisons are denied access to gender-aligned clothing and grooming standards, with confiscation of canteen items and head shaving mandated for non-compliance. According to the ACLU’s October 2024 complaint, inmates face invasive examinations to assess breast size for bra eligibility, subjecting them to dehumanizing treatment under the guise of policy enforcement. The ACLU sought immediate relief, filing for a preliminary injunction to halt these measures.
In his 23-page decision, Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee with a record of anti-LGBTQ+ rulings, dismissed the injunction request. Winsor’s opinion misgendered Keohane, describing her as “a male who self-identifies as a woman.” He argued that the FDC’s policy does not constitute a blanket ban on hormone therapy, despite evidence showing the policy effectively forces the detransition of hundreds of inmates. Winsor claimed that Keohane, having navigated extensive bureaucratic hurdles to preserve her care, faced no “imminent injury” and therefore did not meet the criteria for emergency relief.
Regarding social accommodations, Winsor acknowledged the harm but dismissed its significance, arguing that denying long hair and gender-appropriate clothing does not rise to the level of “grossly incompetent” care or an Eighth Amendment violation. Misrepresenting the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) guidelines, Winsor claimed that social transition is not medically necessary and suggested psychotherapy as an adequate alternative. This echoes debunked “conversion therapy” approaches that lack scientific evidence and have been shown to increase risks of self-harm and suicide among transgender individuals.
Link:
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/federal-court-rules-in-favor-of-forcibly

Demovictory9
(35,105 posts)City Lights
(25,577 posts)
Biophilic
(5,467 posts)ColinC
(11,098 posts)Think. Again.
(22,330 posts)....until the nazi administration burns itself down?
And how can we accomplish that?
PuraVidaDreamin
(4,293 posts)These warped minds want to experiment on human beings in
the cruelest way.
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)ananda
(31,448 posts)...
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)Arazi
(7,654 posts)Kill all the color blind folks? Banish those who can’t roll their tongue?
Are Jews next?
Feeling like the GOP is just getting started on eliminating anyone they designate as “unnatural” by some bullshit rules
#SlipperySlope
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)If white males are the permanent minority ruling party, they can shape the country anyway they want.
ananda
(31,448 posts)...
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)No longer any need for females.
ananda
(31,448 posts)Instead of breeder slaves.
the human race would then go extinct if men in their current guise had to nurture and deliver babies with their bodies.
ananda
(31,448 posts)Men are such sissies.
Well, maybe they would use incubators.
ananda
(31,448 posts)I guess physicality is just the next level.
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 7, 2025, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)
Hair extensions, plastic surgery, huge boobs, bizarre looking faces.
Forced to dress so they look mostly nude all the time.

Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)ananda
(31,448 posts)I like to laugh these days.
FullySupportDems
(312 posts)I remember public schools insisting on a real dress code for female students and teachers, except during winter. I remember because I was in grade school when it changed and my legs didn't have to freeze anymore. Cold weather in the Midwest doesn't respect what month it is.
I'm sure some maga miss those days fondly. And it would go well with their gender conformity agenda.
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)FullySupportDems
(312 posts)Yup, that's Taliban American style.
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)We do have that to look forward to. No windowless window lock up.
bucolic_frolic
(49,577 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(11,147 posts)Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)Walleye
(39,297 posts)Doesn’t seem like they have to have any gainful employment
WhiskeyGrinder
(24,578 posts)Hekate
(97,032 posts)And who are “them” experiencing a “brilliant” economy? And who are “they” who “don’t have to have any gainful employment” ?
Just expand on this and explain exactly who you mean and what you are talking about, because I for one would not want to misjudge you.
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)cause trouble. They don't think there are any other problems and are ignoring the real issues.
Hekate
(97,032 posts)If you get my drift
Irish_Dem
(67,338 posts)And the person who made the comment is a well known respected DUer.
Iris
(16,329 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(24,578 posts)/s
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)Solly Mack
(94,618 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(9,746 posts)This is similar to “there are immigrants eating people’s pets.” More ways of stirring up people to be angry about an issue that has no effect on them at all. Let’s rile up more hatred against the trans people.
Hekate
(97,032 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(7,564 posts)Beringia
(4,984 posts)bluestarone
(19,379 posts)
2naSalit
(96,307 posts)Florida has gone off the deep end. Is this what the Terry Schaivo case has wrought?
Nazi camps did experimental surgery on victims, horrific things.
I don't even want to know any more.
DingleBerryNW
(37 posts)This is another foundational chip against our personal freedoms and it will get worse unless we stand up and make our voices heard. I, for one, have joined forces with indivisible.org.
Zenlitened
(9,514 posts)This is just the latest in a long, long series of steps in the rightwing’s program of trans eliminationism. Not the beginning and sadly nowhere near the end.
UTUSN
(73,699 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(5,576 posts)Isn't it?
Johonny
(23,194 posts)And Democrats solve them. This is fucked up in so many sad ways. Sometime in the distant future it will be subject to movies and documentaries to enlighten how fucked up American values were in 2025
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JoseBalow
(7,126 posts)Sadists thinking up ways to make prison more painful.
ananda
(31,448 posts)At the beginning all the kids wore beige and
bounced basketballs at the same time.
This is bascially a metaphor for what Magas
want... everybody exactly the same in look,
belief, race, gender, sexuality, language, etc.
The whole world seems heading in that direction.
No diversity whatsoever.
johnnyfins
(1,906 posts)tried this in the 1930's?
ananda
(31,448 posts)When billionaire haters got a hold of ordinary
haters, the whole world starting changing
toward wanting everyone to be the same,
mainly because the oppression has become
so severe and the collective human psyche
just can't handle so many people with so
much mental stress.
johnnyfins
(1,906 posts)They were called NAZIs
Ilsa
(62,674 posts)They won't let them have lotions, soaps, etc? And forced exams for bra size? Head shaving? All of this is so cruel.
When did judges become psychiatrists?
iemanja
(55,761 posts)That was obviously a lie.
GoodRaisin
(10,053 posts)They are insane.
Marthe48
(20,383 posts)Once again, judges aren't doctors, psychologists or endocrinologists. I thought judges were supposed to be wise and discerning, but this one is neither, just a mean s.o.b.
Moostache
(10,410 posts)Even the fake ones that everyone KNOWS are full of shit when they throw "Praise Jesus" on everything.
Oopsie Daisy
(5,576 posts)Zenlitened
(9,514 posts)In fact they encourage it.
The trans community desperately needs cis allies to recognize this fact. The rightwing has been working for years to eliminate trans people entirely.
Working and, sadly, succeeding. Half the country is a no-go zone for us. And now they’re ready to wield the power of the federal government. It’s a catastrophe growing in scope and harm by the day.
See:
‘Post-Election 2024 Anti-Trans Risk Assessment Map‘
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/post-election-2024-anti-trans-risk