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The Violation Of Transgender Prisoners: The Violent Impact Of Gender Discrimination Experienced By Incarcerated Trans People In The United States Of America, Brooklyn Jennings Mx. Oct 2023

The Violation Of Transgender Prisoners: The Violent Impact Of Gender Discrimination Experienced By Incarcerated Trans People In The United States Of America, Brooklyn Jennings Mx.

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U.S prison reform policies such as the Prison Rape Elimination Act pacify the government and the public into believing that prisons are a less harmful place for vulnerable inmates. However, thousands of transgender inmates in the United States experience extraordinary rates of violence and discrimination for their gender identity. There are difficulties in determining exact statistics of gender-based incidents of assault due to dueling structures of legal power and questionable support from prison authorities. However, from available information, trans inmates report dehumanizing prison environments that severely impact their wellbeing. This literature draws upon the current status of incarcerated trans inmates’ …


Don't Say Gay Causes More Harm Than Good, Kashira Jenkins Mar 2022

Don't Say Gay Causes More Harm Than Good, Kashira Jenkins

Sociology Student Work Collection

How anti-LGBTQ+ bills around the United States are harmful.


Transgender Vulnerabilities: State Issued Identity Documents And Third Gender Options, Mira Farrow Jun 2019

Transgender Vulnerabilities: State Issued Identity Documents And Third Gender Options, Mira Farrow

MAIS Projects and Theses

Until recently the power to classify people by gender in the U.S. resided exclusively with the state and federal governments, both of which previously used the two binary gender options, female and male, and no others. Since 2017 this has begun to change as more states and cities have begun making third gender options available to those who do not identify as either. This represents a step forward towards greater acceptance of transgender, and particularly nonbinary identities within society. It is revolutionary in how the state administers “sex designations,” along with your name as the foundation of an individual’s legal …


Gia Gunn: A Story Of Learning, Doing And Relearning Gender, Katrina Thulin Feb 2019

Gia Gunn: A Story Of Learning, Doing And Relearning Gender, Katrina Thulin

Sociology Student Work Collection

This presentation is about Gia Gunn, a transgender drag queen and how she, and all of us, learn, do and relearn gender regularly.