Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
California is the first state in the nation that's agreed to cover gender reassignment surgery for transgender inmates after a lawsuit by the Transgender Law Center.
But how to do that and determining who qualifies has not been an easy policy to develop. This week, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations put forth its guides.
Flor Bermudez, director of the Detention Project at the Transgender Law Center, joined Take Two for a reaction.