sued the department, alleging that their denial of care violated her Eighth Amendment rights and had only exacerbated her gender dysphoria when she began losing her female secondary sex characteristics.
The despair over her gender dysphoria led her to attempt suicide and self-castration multiple times.Diamond also claimed in the lawsuit that during her time at Valdosta State Prison, officials told her they didn’t have the means to protect transgender inmates.
Staff instructed her to “guard your booty” and be prepared to fight other inmates. She claimed she was placed in solitary confinement as punishment for presenting as a woman, and was repeatedly misgendered, ridiculed by guards in front of other inmates, and ordered to adhere to male.
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