Transgender Inmate in Minnesota to be Transferred to Women's Prison, Get Surgery, and Awarded $495,000 in Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement

A Minnesota transgender inmate will be transferred to a women’s prison and undergo a vaginoplasty as part of a settlement agreement in a discrimination lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections (DOC). Christina Lusk, 57, is scheduled to be transferred to the women’s facility in Shakopee next week. He is the first Minnesota inmate to be relocated to a different prison based on gender identity. The decision comes after a settlement was reached between Lusk and the Minnesota DOC. According to reports from FOX 9, the settlement, announced last week,...