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A transgender woman who was held in an Ontario male correctional facility was moved to the corresponding female facility Tuesday night after an Internet uproar over her misgendering and detainment over a visa issue.

The shift supervisor on duty at Maplehurst Correctional Facility said that Avery Edison had recently been moved to the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton just after 6 p.m. Tuesday night. He said he couldn’t comment on anything else other than Edison was “doing fine.”

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Edison’s girlfriend tweeted shortly after that there would be a hearing Wednesday morning and that Edison would be moved Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.