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San Francisco Federal Appeals Court Hears Transgender Prisoner's Case

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Adree Edmo's case is being heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.  (Black and Pink/Facebook)

A transgender inmate in an Idaho prison is suing that state and a private prison healthcare contractor for cruel and unusual punishment. Idaho is appealing a lower court ruling ordering the prison to provide the inmate with gender confirmation surgery.

Amanda Peacher from The Mountain West News Bureau brings us the story. 

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