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5 Transgender Women Who Have Fought Their Prisons From Behind Bars

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PrincessPlummy · 20/03/2019 15:57

www.them.us/story/transgender-women-prison-legal-victories

'Incarcerated trans people can fight to create legal precedents that help the whole transgender community. Here are five who fought for important legal victories.'

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AstonishedFemalePersonator · 20/03/2019 19:14

Yeah. I'm bored with what the OP is doing.

Spokk · 20/03/2019 19:10

Ooh someone who is posting something for a reaction but refuses to give theirs.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 20/03/2019 18:48

I’m sorry forgot I was back in year 8 You know ful well why posters won't leap in to respond. Too often posters who plop down a link and wait are looking for soundbites to use gainst GC women.

So how about you stop sending hositility and expecting posters to talk about your OP without any interaction from you!

Discuss, debate... don't belittle.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/03/2019 18:42

Its not about the women though. It’s all about mememememe.

learieonthewildmoor · 20/03/2019 18:22

I absolutely love that Hampton chose the name “Strawberry”. Winner of the Most Unlikely Name To Be Chosen By Parents.
Nobody ever calls themselves Catherine Mary upon transitioning. I understand they’re reinventing themselves, but I’d pick a name I could say I blamed my parents for.

I stopped reading after Strawberry. I can’t help thinking Strawberry paved the way for Karen White. I pity the suffering Hampton went through in prison with homophobic men, and I can understand them feeling much safer now; but do the women in the prison feel safer? It’s so easy for men to just dismiss women. They just don’t care about us.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 20/03/2019 18:01

Skip read piece - what were their crimes? What of their victims?

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PrincessPlummy · 20/03/2019 17:57

I’m sorry forgot I was back in year 8! Hmm
I thought the article had some concerning elements, particularly when looking at the history of the first person mentioned. No one is obligated to comment if they don’t wish to

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CuckooCuckooClock · 20/03/2019 17:53

Good Freudian there...
What is your opinion on the article you linked to op?

EcclesThePeacock · 20/03/2019 17:53

I think it's mostly around issues in the US which don't apply in the U.K. , so they're hard for most of us to sensibly comment on based on one (maybe biased) source.

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PrincessPlummy · 20/03/2019 17:48

*sensing

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Original poster
PrincessPlummy · 20/03/2019 17:47

My opinion? On what specifically? I’m interested to hear the views of other women on an issue that affects us all. I’m sending some hostility here that I’m not sure I’ve earned tbh

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AstonishedFemalePersonator · 20/03/2019 17:23

The OP has form for posting links and then deserting threads, Barracker, so that is a good question.

Theyellowsquare · 20/03/2019 17:22

Sorry I haven't read the article but is Karen White on the list?

Barracker · 20/03/2019 17:21

What's your opinion, OP?