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Election

Drag queen featured in anti-trans attack ad against Kamala Harris considers suing Trump campaign

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

Evin House of Detention prison in Tehran Iran

World

100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month

Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.

Politics

Justice Dept. pulls 'nonessential' funds from Maine prison system over trans inmate housed with women

Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement on Fox & Friends.

Orlando Florida detention facility Orange County Corrections Department sign outside of perimeter chain link security fence

News

Trans inmates in Florida claim prison officials conducted breast checks, forced haircuts in lawsuit: report

The new policies from Florida prison officials come in response to SB245, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and the use of state funds on any gender-affirming prescriptions or surgical procedures.

Politics

prison inmates

Drag queen featured in anti-trans attack ad against Kamala Harris considers suing Trump campaign

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana

Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.

Washington Improves Conditions for Transgender Inmates in State Prisons

A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.

Illinois Finally Transfers Trans Inmate to Women’s Prison

The Department of Corrections continues to list her gender as male and to deadname the inmate.

California Prisons Adopt New Rules for Transgender Inmates

Trans Inmates Face Poor, Dangerous Conditions in Florida Prisons

A new Tampa Bay Times investigation suggests there are miserable and dangerous conditions in state prisons.

California Prisons Allegedly Sterilizing Female Inmates Without Permission

Prison Guard Assaulted Transgender Inmate and Others Says DA

Biden's Justice Dept.: Prisons Must Assure Safety of Trans Inmates

The DOJ filed a statement of interest in Ashley Diamond's case against the Georgia prison system, which she says failed to protect her from sexual assault and denied her health care.

LGBTQ Inmates Wed in Cyprus Prison, Making History in European Union

Kevork Tontian and Wemson Gabral da Costa fell in love and tied the knot behind bars.

Oklahoma Bars Inmate Weddings -- Even Straight Ones

Since gay couples can marry, Oklahoma prison officials now won't let anyone behind bars marry.

DOJ: Denying Trans Inmates Hormones Is Unconstitutional

The Department of Justice has intervened on Georgia trans woman Ashley Diamond's behalf, declaring state prison's continued denial of her hormone therapy a violation of her Eighth Amendment rights.

Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order

In March, two trans men and one trans woman serving sentences in facilities in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Florida filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Bureau of Prisons.

Trump will ban trans women from women's prisons by removing trans inmates from rape protections

Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Georgia State Prisons have housed LGBTQ+ inmates in horrific conditions new DOJ report found

A blistering 93-page report from the Department of Justice notes multiple cases of violence and sexual assault against LGBTQ+ incarcerated people across Georgia.

100 transgender inmates presumed dead after Israeli missiles struck Iranian prison last month

Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.

Justice Dept. pulls 'nonessential' funds from Maine prison system over trans inmate housed with women

Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement on Fox & Friends.

After Prop 8, Gay California Inmates Can Marry Again

State prisons and county jails can resume marriages for gay, lesbian, and bisexual inmates

Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Anti-Trans Prison Bill

The proposed legislation would make it illegal for prisons to house inmates according to their gender identity.

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.

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prison inmates

Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.

Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.

A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.

The Department of Corrections continues to list her gender as male and to deadname the inmate.

A new Tampa Bay Times investigation suggests there are miserable and dangerous conditions in state prisons.

The DOJ filed a statement of interest in Ashley Diamond's case against the Georgia prison system, which she says failed to protect her from sexual assault and denied her health care.

Kevork Tontian and Wemson Gabral da Costa fell in love and tied the knot behind bars.

Since gay couples can marry, Oklahoma prison officials now won't let anyone behind bars marry.

The Department of Justice has intervened on Georgia trans woman Ashley Diamond's behalf, declaring state prison's continued denial of her hormone therapy a violation of her Eighth Amendment rights.

In March, two trans men and one trans woman serving sentences in facilities in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Florida filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Bureau of Prisons.

Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

A blistering 93-page report from the Department of Justice notes multiple cases of violence and sexual assault against LGBTQ+ incarcerated people across Georgia.

Israel targeted the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran on June 23.

Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement on Fox & Friends.

The new policies from Florida prison officials come in response to SB245, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and the use of state funds on any gender-affirming prescriptions or surgical procedures.

State prisons and county jails can resume marriages for gay, lesbian, and bisexual inmates

The proposed legislation would make it illegal for prisons to house inmates according to their gender identity.

Trump's DOJ will no longer enforce safety standards for LGBTQ+ inmates in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.