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California first in gender-affirming surgery

January 21, 2024 by Cassandra Evans

A San Quentin incarcerated trans-woman received gender-affirming surgery after California permitted gender affirmation surgery to incarcerated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: POLITICS, Recently Posted Tagged With: cdcr, Gavin Newsom, gender-affirming surgery

Protection or punishment: Trans people held in solitary at disproportionate rates

January 8, 2024 by Cassandra Evans

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Transgender people serving time in prison are placed in isolation cells at exceedingly high rates, according to The Nation. After threats to her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Recently Posted, WOMEN IN PRISON Tagged With: Federal Bureau of Prisons, James Lyndon, Jennaya Bennett-Werra, Jessica Hicklin, Milo Inglehart, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Tahj Graham

TRANS PRISONERS FORCED TO SUE FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE 

July 6, 2023 by Cassandra Evans

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Incarcerated transgender people struggle to access gender-affirming care in prisons around the U.S. and often must resort to lawsuits to get the care … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, Health and Wellness, HEALTHCARE, Recently Posted

Transgender housing battle looming

December 10, 2022 by Cassandra Evans

Woman in re-entry housing facility

A legal battle is brewing, seeking to nullify a California law that requires transgender prisoners be housed in a female facility if they claim female … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Pride in Prison

Groups inspire healing in San Quentin’s LGBTQ+ community

July 21, 2022 by Cassandra Evans

Eight years have passed since the nation’s first LGBTQ and gender studies program began at San Quentin.  At the time there were concerns about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Pride in Prison

Transgender murder rate on the rise

April 19, 2022 by Cassandra Evans

‘Rising epidemic of violence’ not helped by COVID Homicides of transgender people have been on the rise since 2019, according to data from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: Pride in Prison

Federal officials review housing policies for transgender prisoners

January 28, 2022 by Cassandra Evans

Federal prison officials are reviewing transgender housing in the wake of rollbacks imposed during the Trump administration, The Associated Press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Federal, Health and Wellness, housing, prisons, transgender

Transphobia continues unabated in prison

November 27, 2021 by Cassandra Evans

Incarcerated trans women continue to be targeted for sexual assaults, physical abuse and gender discrimination while being forced to be housed in … [Read more...]

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