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23.01.2022 Just like on the outside, the high levels of violence that trans people face inside is the cause of this prolonged solitary confinement, which by UN standards constitutes torture. But change is coming. CSNSW is now working in collaboration with the NSW Trans and Gender Diverse Criminal Justice System Advisory Council to draft a new policy that caters for the needs of trans and gender diverse inmates more adequately with the aid of peer input. NSW Community Advocates for Peopl...e in Prisons is part of this process. NSWCAPP is an advocacy service for trans and gender diverse people caught up in the NSW criminal justice system, providing them with materials and other types of assistance. NSWCAPP is currently working with a number of other organisations in developing strategies that deliver best outcomes for trans and gender diverse people dealing with police and corrections, especially for trans femme people of colour currently housed in cis-male dominated prisons. Indeed, while trans women are not supposed to be sent to male prisons it still happens. This is highlighted by the case of Veronica Baxter: an Aboriginal transgender woman who took her own life in March 2009, just days after being placed in Silverwater’s male remand centre.

22.01.2022 About time in creating real and workable stats!

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13.01.2022 "Gender affirming care for trans youth is safe, backed by medical evidence, and life-saving. No child deserves to be targeted by politicians for who they are. Lawmakers cannot ignore the voices and stories of trans young people while also claiming to legislate in their interest."

09.01.2022 The Feminization of Transgender Women in Prisons for Men: How Prison as a Total Institution Shapes Gender In this article, we investigate the degree to which prison shapes transgender women’s perceptions of themselves as gendered people in prisons for men. Drawing on original data collected from 315 transgender women in 27 prisons for men in California, a mixed-methods analysis reveals that transgender women in prisons for men report higher levels of self-perceptions of femininity while incarcerated, especially for those who report sexual victimization by other prisoners. The implications of these and other findings are discussed in light of recent calls for more theory and research on femininities as well as the policies and practices that undergird prisons as one of the most sex-segregated institutions.

07.01.2022 In Cherokee Asegi udanto refers to people who either fall outside of men's and women's roles or who mix men's and women's roles. Asegi, which translates as "strange," is also used by some Cherokees as a term similar to "queer." For author Qwo-Li Driskill, asegi provides a means by which to reread Cherokee history in order to listen for those stories rendered "strange" by colonial heteropatriarchy. As the first full-length work of scholarship to develop a tribally specific Ind...igenous Queer or Two-Spirit critique, Asegi Stories examines gender and sexuality in Cherokee cultural memory, how they shape the present, and how they can influence the future. The theoretical and methodological underpinnings of Asegi Stories derive from activist, artistic, and intellectual genealogies, referred to as "dissent lines" by Maori scholar Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Driskill intertwines Cherokee and other Indigenous traditions, women of color feminisms, grassroots activisms, queer and Trans studies and politics, rhetoric, Native studies, and decolonial politics. Drawing from oral histories and archival documents in order to articulate Cherokee-centered Two-Spirit critiques, Driskill contributes to the larger intertribal movements for social justice. See more

04.01.2022 Very happy meeting The art of Tomas and seeing him in Burramuttagul doing what he loves. The colourful drawings caught my eye so I had to take a short trip into his mind, will listen to his music when I get time. I'm so glad he's sharing his talents with the world

03.01.2022 "The reality is that trans people have always existed. We have always been here. We have place and culture and ceremony in First Nations populations across the globe." For people to talk about us like we are a Western, modern construct is a lie. It is just not true." https://www.theguardian.com//we-deserve-the-dignity-of-bei

02.01.2022 Zanele Muholi If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.

01.01.2022 On May 3, Human Rights Watch wrote to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, urging his government to back legal gender recognition based on self-determination and highlighting how the status quo on official documents can infringe on human rights. These include the right to privacy, the right to freedom of expression, and rights related to employment, education, health, security, access to justice, and the ability to move freely. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, an interdisciplinary professional association with over 700 members worldwide, has found that medical and other barriers to gender recognition for transgender people, including diagnostic requirements, may harm physical and mental health.