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Denver Police Announces Nation's Most Progressive Trans Policies
The GLBT Community Center of Colorado recently announced that the Denver, Colorado, Sheriff's Department has issued new policies about how they'll be dealing with transgender inmates. The Center’s transgender programs coordinator Courtney Gray. LGBTQNation.com, the new policy will change everything from "transport to booking and housing" making it the most progessive policy in the nation.
“The end goal was always safety for all inmate," said Gray. "We want to make sure transgender individuals are able to serve out their sentence without further harm. We also want to make sure the system honors their identity.”
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2012/06/24/denver-police-announces-nations-most-progressive-trans-policies
