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Local advocates had urged city officials to oust the private prison operator and reconsider the zoning on the site, which had been used for transitional housing for 30 years.
Government contracts with private prisons provide an incentive to round up immigrants, they say.
They allege discrimination, harassment, denial of health care, and other mistreatment at a detention center in Colorado.
Melissa Nunez -- a trans woman who suffered in a for-profit detention center -- wants to know why JPMorgan Chase is financing places like these.
A former detainee says Immigration and Customs Enforcement must stop housing transgender women with men in private prisons. In a word, it's about rape.
Since 2015, detention facilities had to take into account the gender identity of trans migrants. Not any more.
Is a government turf war over immigration detention putting transgender lives at risk?
The group distributed customized versions of hotel “do not disturb” signs.
Ireland has come a long way toward LGBT equality, and could embrace marriage equality early next year, according to a new poll by the Sunday Times.
Some hope the purchase of the gay hookup app by a Chinese company could be a turning point for equality.
With so little to cheer these days, this change is at least slight progress on trans rights -- if you look closely.
