Shiloh Heavenly Quine,
a 57-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sentence in California, became
the first inmate in U.S. history to receive state-funded sex-reassignment
surgery, the prisoner’s attorneys recently confirmed to the Associated Press. (It
would have been best if she had received a state-funded name-reassignment operation).
State
prison officials agreed to pay for the surgery in August of 2015, despite the
fact that Quine was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom, and has no
possibility of parole. California has now become the first state to set
“standards” that will allow transgender inmates to apply to receive
complimentary sex-change operations.
Inmate
1: “What are you in for?”
Inmate
2: “State-funded sex-reassignment surgery, baby…that’s what I’m talkin’ ‘bout!”
The
case also prompted a federal magistrate
to require California to provide
transgender “female” inmates currently in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items, such as nighties,
scarves and necklaces. (That seems like stereotyping to me). Quine, who was
born a man and went on to marry and divorce two women while fathering two
daughters, will be moved to a women’s prison after recovering from the
operation, which was performed at a San Francisco hospital.
Kris
Hayashi, executive director of the Transgender Law Center (a little TLC never
hurt anybody!), which represents Quine and other transgender felons, stated:
“For too long, institutions have ignored doctors and casually dismissed medically
necessary and life-saving care for transgender people just because of who we
are.” Hayashi added that Quine’s surgery is not only a landmark legal
settlement, but a clear victory “for all transgender people who have ever been
denied the medical care we need.”
It is
certainly a devastating loss for the
families of those who have been victimized by transgender inmates casually
dismissing the lives of their loved ones. These gender dysphoric felons kill
people and then demand that taxpayers pay for sex change operations that could
supposedly save their lives? The
daughter of Shiloh Heavenly’s victim said she objects to inmates getting
taxpayer funded surgery that isn’t even readily available to non-criminals, regardless of cost. “My
dad begged for his life,” she said. “It just made me dizzy and sick. I’m helping pay for his surgery; I live
in California. It’s kind of like a slap in the face.”
That is
an infinitely more restrained choice of words to describe this bizarre and evil
travesty than I would’ve chosen.
The
cost of sex-reassignment surgery, including procedures and medications
necessary both before and after the operation(s) is high. Advocates, however,
say that most of the state’s expenses will be reimbursed by the federal
government. That’s great, let’s make those taxpayers not residing in the completely dysfunctional state of California
pay for its debauched, delusional practices.
Corrections
spokeswoman Terry Thornton says California was legally required to pay for Quine’s operation. She proclaimed, via
a written statement: “The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires
that prisons provide inmates with medically necessary treatment for medical and
mental health conditions, including inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria.”
No it
doesn’t.
The
Eighth Amendment actually says,
“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
and unusual punishments inflicted.”
This
bears absolutely no resemblance to Thornton’s claim. Thornton herself should be
in prison for making false statements, fraud, slander, misrepresentation,
mischaracterization, false advertising and felony idiocy. No one in the 18th
century had ever even heard the term “gender dysphoria,” Terry. You should legally be required to step
down from your position and pay for your own mental health treatment, no matter
the cost…”just because of who you are.”
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