Tag: transgender rights
Confronting GA’s Practice of Housing Trans Women in Men’s Prisons
[Read Part 1 of this series here] One of the first things that happens ...
Trans Health Care Requires You to Be “Sick.” In Prison, You Can Work That.
On September 17, a federal judge halted the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) ban ...
Prisons Crush Almost All LGBTQ+ Organizing. Our Community Survives.
My name is Tavaria, but people call me Varia, T, Mama T or Queen. ...
I Know ID Verification Is Anti-Trans, But at Least Let Me File My Taxes
In the middle of the 13 years I spent incarcerated, there was a brief ...
The Only Openly LGBTQ Prisoner-Led Community in Tennessee
I thought I was too old to have to worry about being raped in ...
FL Students Prepare Mass Protest as Schools Hand Over Trans Health Data
On February 23, a student-led walkout will mark the largest protest to date of ...
Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs
Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the ...
Leading Trans Health Care Guidance Updated—and Still Stuck in the Past
In September, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its updated Standards ...
“Liberty Is Not What I Have”: Ashley Diamond Speaks to the Trans Women Still in Prison
In 2016, Ashley Diamond won a historic lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”
Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...
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