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Appeals Court Overturns Judge’s Order for State to Fund Murderer’s Sex Change Operation
By christiannews.net- Heather Clark
Published: 12/17/2014

BOSTON – An appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that ordered the state of Massachusetts to pay for the sex change operation of a man who was convicted of murder over 20 years ago.

As previously reported, Robert Kosilek has been serving a life sentence since the early 1990’s after being convicted of murdering his wife Cheryl. While in incarceration in an all-male prison, Kosilek decided to become a woman, and began going by the name “Michelle.” He also received hormone treatments so that he could start to feel more feminine.

Kosilek first sued the Massachusetts Department of Corrections in 2000, but the court only declared that the man had gender identity disorder, and would not go so far as to grant him a sex change operation. He sued again in 2005 after he stated that the hormones he was taking were not enough.

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