Judge orders treatment for Ohio transgender inmate

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FILE-This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows Antione Lee. Lee, a transgender prison inmate in Ohio wants a federal judge to order the state to allow her hormone treatments to continue permanently. The inmate says she suffered a medical setback including facial hair growth and depression when the treatments stopped. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, File)COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender prison inmate who complained about losing her breast tissue and growing facial hair after her hormone treatments were stopped must receive the treatments for the rest of her time behind bars, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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