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News (USA)
Trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery
“She has waited long enough,” the federal judge wrote.
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News (USA)
Black trans woman sues after being sexually assaulted over 14 times in men’s prison
“I’m bringing this lawsuit to bring about change on behalf of a community that deserves the inherent dignity to simply exist.”
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News (USA)
Conservatives are outraged that Elizabeth Warren supports trans prisoners’ rights
Conservatives are calling Warren “batshit” because she doesn’t think trans women and cis men should be housed together.
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News (USA)
Inmate who murdered the trans woman he was forced to room with is sentenced to death
Correction officers removed Carmen Guerrero’s friendly bunkmate, and bought in one that promised to kill her if roomed with her. He followed through.
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News (World)
Convicted murderer admits they helped create the Grindr serial killer
After assisting a serial killer and going to prison for lethally poisoning a Grindr hookup, Gerald Matovu now seeks a medical transition.
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Politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for release of Chelsea Manning from solitary confinement ‘torture’
She is permitted to make phone calls and move about outside her cell between 1 and 3 am according to activists monitoring her conditions.
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News (USA)
A North Carolina prison forces this woman to shower with dozens of men
She bunks with 38 male inmates. North Carolina seems to think this is okay.
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LGBTQ History
This trans activist was there at the start of the modern LGBTQ movement
“I’m nothing special, I’m just one of the girls.”
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News (USA)
Many transgender prisoners are trying to survive their time while serving time
For Jane Doe, it was not only a fight for her life but her dignity too.
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News (USA)
Elizabeth Warren reverses course on her infamous anti-transgender remark
Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has reversed her 2012 opinion on a transgender inmate accessing transition-related medical care.