"Many trans people in prison keep fighting for their communities, in environments where they often face violence, solitary confinement, loss of needed health care, and punishment for self-expression."
"Visibility can be fraught. In prisons, where staff may forcibly - and legally - strip people as a routine security precaution, visibility can be even more loaded than in the outside world."
"Trump's campaign notoriously spent hundreds of millions on attack ads against trans people, and many of those ads specifically focused on incarcerated trans people."
"It has emboldened those who have negative thoughts or negative feelings to be more outward with them. And so what we're finding now is trans people in prison are subject more to segregation, more retaliatory disciplinary actions, certainly more sexual abuse."
International Trans Day of Visibility highlights the resilience of transgender individuals, particularly those incarcerated. In prison, trans people often endure violence, solitary confinement, and inadequate healthcare. Visibility in these environments can be dangerous, especially for trans women of color. Negative media representations and political attacks, particularly from figures like Donald Trump, have intensified the vulnerability of incarcerated trans individuals. These factors have led to increased segregation, retaliatory actions, and sexual abuse against trans people in prison settings.
Read at Truthout
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]