Transgender woman sues Trump over transfer to men's prison
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A transgender woman inmate serving her sentence in a women's federal prison sued the Trump administration on Sunday, arguing that Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's recent executive order narrowly defining sex violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, is "motivated by di...

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A transgender woman inmate serving her sentence in a women’s federal prison sued the Trump administration on Sunday, arguing that Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order narrowly defining sex violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment, is “motivated by discriminatory animus” toward trans people, and forces “dangerous transfers to men’s facilities.”

Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.280082/gov.uscourts.mad.280082.1.0.pdf

  • @Pacattack57
    23•9 days ago

    The only correct response is to make a trans only prison. /s

    • Flying Squid
      11•9 days ago

      Not that I think it’s the best solution, since the best solution would be to accept trans women as women and trans men as men, but they would probably get a hell of a lot less mistreatment.

      • @[email protected]
        14•9 days ago

        Not in our society. The worst of the worst would be hired there, and if/when people try to speak out it would be ignored.

      • @drunkpostdisaster
        3•9 days ago

        If I was a trans man I would rather go to women’s prison to be honest.

    • @teslasaur
      10•9 days ago

      Well, yes? That would make sense.

      Or a prison for everyone.

      • kadotux
        5•8 days ago

        I guess because of the US prison system, more trans people would then be incentivized to be incarcarated which is really bad especially in combination of recent law adjustments regarding trans people?

        1. let’s make LBGTQ illegal
        2. lets create for-profit prisons exclusively for trans people
        3. concentration camps would not be too far-fetched then
        • @teslasaur
          3•8 days ago

          I think most people would be satisfied with trans, and particularly trans-women that went through male puberty, were incarcarated away from women.

          But logically, there are only two ways to make it “fair”.

          Either make separate jails for trans, or put everyone in the same jail. The second one would be incredibly detrimental for women and trans, as male prisoners would be in the same prison. I dont think i need to elaborate.