Supreme Court rejects convicted murderer's appeal for sex-change surgery
Kosilek was known as Robert Kosilek when she was convicted of murdering her spouse, Cheryl, in 1990.
BOSTON (AP) -- A nearly two-decade legal fight by a convicted murderer in Massachusetts to get taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery ended in failure Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her final appeal.
The justices did not comment in letting stand a lower-court ruling denying the surgery to Michelle Kosilek.
"This is a terrible and inhumane result for Michelle," said Jennifer Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project for Boston-based Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders.
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