Fallon Aubee, a transgender offender serving a life sentence at Mission Institution in B.C., hopes to become the first federal inmate to be placed in prison based on gender identity. (Submitted photo)After nearly two decades of taunts, threats and physical abuse behind bars, Fallon Aubee hopes to become Canada's first federal inmate to be placed in a prison based on gender identity rather than biological sex at birth. "I will be the first one in Canada who goes from a prison for men to a prison for women." Other transgender inmates suffer in silence and hide their identity in fear of repercussions, she said. It is not known exactly how many offenders are placed in Ontario jails based on gender identity.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2017 09:00 UTC