Trump DOJ rolls back policies protecting LGBTQ+ inmates from sexual violence
Trump's DOJ will no longer enforce safety standards for LGBTQ+ inmates in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
December 5, 2025
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First Gay Couple Married in an Immigration Detention Center
Tom Swann and Guillermo Hernandez are the first gay couple to marry in a federal immigration center.Â
March 16, 2016
Obama's Trans Heckler: 'I Just Had to Send a Message'
A White House reception for Pride was interrupted by an undocumented transgender woman, claiming there can be no pride with trans immigrants facing daily abuse in detention centers.
June 24, 2015
Stopping the Suffering of Transgender Immigrants
California is taking action to ensure that trans immigrants are treated with dignity at detention centers. The state's proposed legislation is a bold model for the nation, say Adam Frankel and Bamby Salcedo.
June 8, 2016
Standing Up to Corporate Backers of Hate
Melissa Nunez -- a trans woman who suffered in a for-profit detention center -- wants to know why JPMorgan Chase is financing places like these.
May 25, 2017
Trans Marchers Join Immigration Protest, Block Seattle Street
Government contracts with private prisons provide an incentive to round up immigrants, they say.
August 3, 2015
Trans Woman Released After 6 Months in Immigration Detention
Nicoll Hernandez-Polanco's experiences of sexual assault and solitary confinement are a prime example of how the immigration system mistreats trans women, say advocates.
May 4, 2015
Trans and nonbinary migrants file complaint over treatment at ICE detention facility
They allege discrimination, harassment, denial of health care, and other mistreatment at a detention center in Colorado.
April 10, 2024
Activists Call for Release of Raped Trans Detainee
A trans immigration detainee says she was raped by her male cellmate weeks after reporting that she had been verbally harassed by the man, and threatened with sexual assault.
August 1, 2014
The Plight of an Asian Trans Man in Georgia Embodies ICE's Cruelty
Activists demand a prisoner be freed from the solitary confinement he's been held in for 15 months.
May 31, 2019
Op-ed: 267,000 LGBT People Shouldn't Be Relegated to the Shadows
America's immigration system is broken, but LGBTQ people may be the ones to fix it.
February 6, 2015
New Rules Target Prison Rape Epidemic Facing LGBT Inmates
Advocates praise the new Justice Department standards, though questions remain about separate rules for immigration detention, to be finalized by the Department of Homeland Security.
May 17, 2012
No More Unfulfilled Promises: Biden Must Show Up for LGBTQ+ Immigrants
This administration can't just half-heartedly fix what Trump broke; it must do better for undocumented people.
February 16, 2022
ICE Still Locks Trans Women in Cells With Men
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.
May 25, 2015
Immigrants Are Being Put In ICE Solitary For Being Disabled, LGBTQ
NBC found thousands of LGBTQ and disabled migrants kept in isolation over a five-year period.
May 22, 2019
Op-ed: Why I (Rudely) Interrupted the President
The woman who interrupted President Obama during a Pride reception says you're missing the point by focusing on her.
July 8, 2015
ICE Demands Family Of Dead Trans Refugee Pay Funeral Costs
Johana Medina died in ICE custody after being denied asylum.
June 10, 2019
Concerns Raised Over Mental Health of Gay Detainee
Friends and relatives of an undocumented immigrant who fled antigay violence in Peru fear he is not receiving proper treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
September 7, 2012
Do New Immigration Detention Guidelines Fail Trans Detainees?
What was once a problem is still a problem even after an Obama administration review, trans activists warn.
March 14, 2014
Undocumented Gay Journalist Detained in Texas
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was reportedly unaware that he would have to face immigration checkpoints inside McAllen International Airport in Texas.
July 15, 2014
Trans Comedian Detained in Canada
A transgender entertainer has been detained in Canada after being deemed inadmissible by the Canada Border Services Agency for attempting to re-enter the country after letting her student visa lapse.
February 11, 2014