I so wish they had the comments switched on for this article. Talk about pointing out the absurdity of the situation.
Brief summary : this chap is in prison (male prison, thank god) indefinitely, decides he's trans, is unmanageable with fellow inmates and staff and has just lost his appeal trying to claim was illegal to keep him in solitary confinement.
But the way the article is written - he is only referred to by name in the first part of the article when he identified as a man, then it switches to she/her after he transitions. Whilst showing photos and describing behaviour that are clearly male. I can imagine the majority of the readers going WTF!!
Two points that jumped out at me:
- they have a whole wing for transgender prisoners? (he wasn't on it though, because they didn't get along...)
- where did he get his breasts from as he transitioned whilst in prison? Did my taxes pay for that? Hopefully they are imaginary.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/maxien-stevens-transgender-inmate-who-claimed-she-was-punished-for-prisoner-relationships-loses-appeal/ROGI6BSLRBFGNBDFDKBH67C5K4/