Wow! You know, if there's one thing Chaz Bono has taught us, it's that you gotta be you, man!
An inmate in an all-male Virginia prison tried to cut her own penis off when she was denied transfer to a women's jail for a possible gender reassignment. OUCH!
Ophelia De'lonta is doing time for drugs, weapons, and robbery (some charges stemming from her efforts to steal money to pay for surgery - Dog-Day-Afternoon-Style!) and in prison, she takes hormones, wears a woman's uniform and is addressed as "she", but the Virginia Department of Corrections won't transfer her OR pay for genital surgery.
So she took matters into her own hands and in October tried to cut her penis off with three disposable razors for three hours. THREE HOURS! And I'm pretty sure disposable prison razors are about as sharp as a dull spoon! Ugh - I'm not even a guy and I'm wincing and crossing my legs! She needed 21 stitches after the failed attempt. I don't think that they should have to pay for her surgery but it's sad she's so desperate to just be who she feels is really her.
De'lonta is better now but says she may try again - she just doesn't want to live with male genitals. She's since filed a lawsuit and said that, "This is not something that I have any control over. This is just how I was born." State governments currently think of gender reassignment as a luxury so I think she's fighting a losing battle but I hope she doesn't do anything crazy to herself...
THREE FUCKING HOURS!!!
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