Resource: BGL files Fourteenth Amendment, ADA lawsuit on behalf of transgender woman held in Maryland correctional facilities

Brown, Goldstein & Levy filed a lawsuit on April 18, 2023, on behalf of Chelsea Gilliam, a transgender woman who was held pre-trial at two Maryland correctional facilities for six months. Ms. Gilliam is a transgender woman who was forced to live with male inmates while incarcerated as a pre-trial detainee in Baltimore last year. She was sexually assaulted by a fellow inmate, denied her hormone therapy, and held in solitary confinement during her incarceration. Ms. Gilliam is represented by partner Eve Hill, managing partner Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, and disability rights fellow Evan Monod.