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Under Donald Trump’s administration, trans inmates had access to the same medical care that his campaign is attacking Kamala Harris for supporting.
Transgender inmates in Pennsylvania will no longer be sent to solitary confinement based upon gender identity alone, and will be allowed to shower privately.Â
The AMA urges transgender prisoners be housed based on their gender identity and that family leave policies recognize a variety of families.
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.
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.
The Alliance Defending Freedom is biding its time, hoping a Supreme Court ruling will enable further anti-trans discrimination.
Brazil -- a country which sees a record amount of transphobic violence -- is taking unique steps to reduce the epidemic in Rio prisons.
A Maryland judge ruled that transgender woman Sandy Brown's rights were violated by jail officials who locked her in solitary confinement for 66 days and sexually harassed her.
Few stories have helped inspire advocacy on behalf of incarcerated trans women more than that of 37-year-old Ashley Diamond. Today her attorneys announced a historic settlement in her federal lawsuit.Â
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.
The trans man incarcerated in an all-women's Georgia prison has finally been granted access to transition-related care.
Gay and bi black men face both high rates of HIV and incarceration as well as a prison system that denies them lifesaving condoms.
A Ministry of Justice report released Thursday said there are at least 119 trans women being held in men's prisons in the two U.K. countries.
A survey of prisoners reveals life behind bars to be far more harsh for LGBT inmates than their straight and cisgender counterparts.
Despite federal help in her health discrimination claim, Diamond has continued to face sexual abuse while imprisoned, including at least seven alleged rapes.
