The horrific reality of transgender individuals in Texas prisons
Highlighting the silenced struggles of incarcerated transgender individuals, Xandan tells the experiences of abuse and systemic neglect faced within Texas prisons.
MARCH 26, 2024
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Incarcerated Delaware Trans Man Gets Help in Fight for Name Change
Kai Short, already joined by the ACLU, got support this week from Delaware's governor in his ongoing pursuit of a legal name change.
MAY 5, 2015
Laverne Cox Has Hopeful Message for Ky Peterson
The 25-year-old black trans man's story of discrimination, bias-motivated violence, and incarceration has caught the eye of Laverne Cox and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
JUNE 28, 2016
'Love, Jamie' illuminates trans artist Jamie Diaz's art created while incarcerated (exclusive)
Ahead of Love, Jamie's premiere on PBS's American Masters, The Advocate has an exclusive first look at the full documentary short that tells the story of friendship between trans artist Diaz, just released on parole, and Gabriel Joffe, a younger nonbinary person inspired by Diaz's art.
MAY 31, 2024
BL Shirelle Amplifies the Voices of Those in Prison Through Music
Philadelphia-based rapper and songwriter BL Shirelle is recording and producing the work of currently incarcerated musicians.
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Where Are 1.5 Million Missing Black Men?
Census data of male-female ratios by race underscore disproportionate homicide and incarceration rates and reveal HIV infection disparities
JULY 6, 2015
Why Ketanji Brown Jackson's Work History Matters to LGBTQ+ People
As a group targeted for bias and incarceration, queer Americans can benefit from a former public defender like Jackson on SCOTUS.
MARCH 8, 2022
The Unspoken Horror of Incarcerated LGBT People
A new study finds a disproportionate number of LGBT people in America's prisons -- and many of them are subjected to abuse while there.
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Incarcerated Trans Woman Sues New York Prison Over Sexual Assault
LeslieAnn Manning says staff at her male prison facility knew that she, as a trans woman, faced an increased risk of rape, but chose to turn a blind eye.
JANUARY 10, 2015
DOJ sues Utah for discriminating against incarcerated trans woman who self-castrated
People with gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, and their rights "are not given up at the jailhouse door."
APRIL 3, 2024
WATCH: Incarcerated Trans Woman Sues Prisons Over Repeated Rapes
Ashley Diamond and the Southern Poverty Law Center are fighting the trans woman of color's treatment in several Georgia state men's prisons, arguing it is 'cruel and unusual.'
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Honor the Radical Legacy of Pride by Bailing Out LGBT People
Mass incarceration is most certainly a queer issue, Margaret Goff of the Justice Policy Center writes.
JUNE 20, 2018
How the Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth
The failure puts these incarcerated young people at risk and is bad for society as a whole, writes Sean Cahill of Fenway Health.
OCTOBER 29, 2018
'I Am Her': Singer Shea Diamond Wrote the Trans Anthem While in Prison
The trans singer speaks to Jeffrey Masters about being incarcerated in a men's prison as well as her burgeoning music career.
AUGUST 16, 2018
For Incarcerated Black Men, Few Options for Safe Sex
Gay and bi black men face both high rates of HIV and incarceration as well as a prison system that denies them lifesaving condoms.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Joe Biden Denies 1994 Crime Bill Increased Incarceration Rates
The former vice president doubled down on his crime legacy at the LGBTQ Presidential Forum.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
Mississippi bill would let those incarcerated sue state over trans inmates
The bill is from the same Republican who introduced last year’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Incarcerated Texas Trans Woman Finally Wins Safer Housing
Passion Star, with help from Lambda Legal, has been placed in safekeeping after years of complaints about the constant sexual violence she's faced in men's prisons.
MARCH 31, 2015
Anti-trans CNN segment targets Harris’s support for providing gender-affirming care to those incarcerated
Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski are being criticized for the transphobic segment.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Donald Trump punches down on transgender people in hypocritical new Kamala Harris attack ad
Republicans are attacking the vice president for something Trump’s own administration provided to incarcerated trans people.
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Chelsea Manning Approved for Gender Surgery, Ends Hunger Strike
Manning, the whistleblower serving a sentence in military prison, would be the first in the U.S. to undergo such surgery while incarcerated.
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016