Robert Kosilek

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Michelle Kosilek (57 years old) is a convicted murderer who has made headlines by fighting to undergo gender reassigment while in prison. She changed her name in 1993, and lives his life as a woman in an all-male prison. She was born as a male, Robert Kosilek.

In 1990, she killed her spouse Cheryl. Michelle is serving a life sentence in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

She has been diagnosed with a gender identity disorder. After suing the government in 2000 for violation of the Eighth Amendment, she has undergone female hormone therapy, laser hair therapy and psychotherapy. She wears women's clothing in prison.