# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMTU9vLNhUY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32964595-pinknews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-19T20:00:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

A transgender woman incarcerated in Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against state for trying to end her hormone therapy.

In a lawsuit filed July 14 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, Maddilyn Marcum, currently imprisoned at the Northpoint Training Center in Boyle County, argues that a plan to eliminate her access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in November violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and will lead to "the denial of medically appropriate healthcare to treat a serious medical condition."

Marcum has received hormone therapy since 2009 and has continued to receive the treatment since being imprisoned in 2016 following a m**der conviction in Kenton Circuit Court.

In a statement, Marcum said: "Untreated Gender Dysphoria creates a substantial risk of severe physical and psychological harm to the individual, which I have personally suffered from in my life.

"This case is not about a lifestyle choice, it is about ensuring that I and others receive medically accepted, appropriate healthcare for a diagnosed condition.”

#transwoman#prison #hormones #genderaffirmingcare #kentucky #lawsuit

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kentucky, hormones, prison, lawsuit, genderaffirmingcare, transwoman

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