Transgender inmate goes on hunger strike after being transferred from women’s prison for having sex with female inmate

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In the state of Washington Bryan Kim, a 35-year-old transgender man convicted of murder, was transferred from a women’s prison back to a men’s prison after he was caught having sexual intercourse with a 25-year-old inmate.

Kim, known as Amber FayeFox Kim, went on a Hunger strike in protest.

Convicted of double murder

According to Spokesman Review, In 2008, Kim was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal knife attack on his father and for the knife attack and strangulation of his mother in their apartment in 2006. After the crime, he tried to clean up the crime scene and hide the bodies of his parents.

After the verdict, Kim was detained in a men’s facility. Then, in 2021, he was released under the state Justice Ministry’s gender inclusion policy transferred to a women’s prison.

The prison integration policy signed by Democratic Governor Jay Inslee allows male offenders should be housed in facilities for women if their diagnosis of gender dysphoria is accepted by an administrative body.

Following Kim’s transfer to the women’s prison, complaints were also received from female inmates claiming they were being sexually exploited by male inmates who identified as women.