Tag: transgender rights

    Worcester, MA, Joins Short List of Transgender Sanctuary Cities

    The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, is now a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse ...

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    Christy Perez

    Trump Takes Aim at Trans Women in Prison

    On January 20, President Donald Trump unveiled an executive order titled “Defending Women From ...

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    Christy Perez

    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 ...

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    Christy Perez & Kastalia Medrano

    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 ...

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    Christy Perez

    Prisons Crush Almost All LGBTQ+ Organizing. Our Community Survives.

    My name is Tavaria, but people call me Varia, T, Mama T or Queen. ...

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    Tavaria Merritt

    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 ...

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    Christy Perez

    The Only Openly LGBTQ Prisoner-Led Community in Tennessee

    I thought I was too old to have to worry about being raped in ...

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    Tony Vick

    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 ...

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    Christy Perez

    Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs

    Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the ...

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    Christy Perez

    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 ...

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    Adryan Corcione
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