Starting July 1, convicts in Connecticut who identify with a gender other than their biological sex will be able to pick whether they go to a prison for men or a prison for women.
Lucio Perez of Guatamela has been living inside First Congregational Church in Amherst, Massachusetts for seven months, but he had to go to a hospital in nearby Northampton for an emergency removal of his appendix.
Since he is a deportable illegal alien, supporters were worried immigration authorities might snatch him on his way back to the church from the hospital.
