Kentucky bill would segregate prisons by biological sex, ban gender transition care
A bill in the Kentucky legislature would require the state's prisons to designate bathrooms, sleeping quarters and other areas by biological sex.
There are fewer than 100 trans inmates in Kentucky. GOP bills would restrict their care
An opponent called the Senate GOP proposal a “politically motivated attack against one of our smallest and most vulnerable communities.”
Kentucky bill would ban gender transition care in state prisons
Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General determined the state isn't obligated to provide such surgeries, the bill seeks to codify this into law.
Bill barring use of public funds on transgender treatments for Kentucky inmates advances
Under a GOP bill advancing in Kentucky, a reported 67 inmates would have to stop taking “cross sex hormones” if they are paid for with public funds.
Kentucky Senate bill would ban hormone therapy for transgender inmates
The Kentucky Department of Corrections said last month that 67 state inmates are taking hormones to treat gender dysphoria. A Republican priority bill seeks to deny such medication.
Kentucky bill taking away gender affirming care from inmates moves forward
Kentucky lawmakers have greenlit a bill prohibiting taxpayer money being spent on gender-affirming care in Kentucky prisons. Opponents of the bill argued the move is entirely political and targets a small number of people.
Lawmakers advance bill to prevent sex change operations for Ky. inmates
Kentucky senators have advanced Senate Bill 2, which would outlaw any sex change operation for cross hormone treatment for ...
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Kentucky continues to lower recidivism rates
For those inmates, the current recidivism rate is 30.81%, which is 1.6% lower than the prior year. Kentucky defines ...
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KY Dept. of Corrections amends LGBT-inclusive rules, continues providing hormone therapy
Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] On the heels of a legal opinion from Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, the state’s Department of Corrections is scaling back new protocol that ...
Kentucky bill aims to prohibit hormone therapy in jails
The Department of Corrections has testified before that no gender reassignment surgery is being performed for people in Kentucky jails.