VillageVoice.com – by Maria Luisa Tucker
But mum’s the word on the good treatment of transgendered kids
A year and a half after paying a $25,000 settlement to a male-to-female transgirl, the agency that runs the state’s juvenile-detention centers has quietly adopted a host of new rules to accommodate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in its custody.
The new rules, adopted in March by the Office of Children and Family Services, now allow transgender youth to request special housing, wear their hair however they want, be called by their chosen name rather than their legal name, and shower privately.