Will be seeking this one out asap, will offer a take post-hence.
Anyway, when I was recovering from one of my surgeries in the hospital, one of the other patients in my wing was a prisoner, and was always accompanied by a correctional officer. Other than that, she was like any other patient; could go outside in the yard to get used to walking again, could have visitors freely come and go, what have you. This is in Canada.
I never spoke to this person during our overlapping stays, but I always wondered what must have followed for her in terms of out-of-hospital aftercare, which requires a lot of clean space and hygiene and upkeep and physical caution. Surely the prison wasn't the site of her aftercare, right? Beyond that, I always go cold at the thought of post-op trans women inmates being in an all-male prison for obvious reasons.
That's what angers me so deeply about J. K. Rowling's rhetoric; regardless of how sincerely she thinks she's protecting cis women, not an ounce of thought is ever spared for the trans people that her wishes would displace and subsequently endanger. Her messaging, in essence, boils down to "make sure it's the tranny that gets raped." How about pushing for a solution where no one is at risk of getting raped, Joanne? Or would that humanize us too much for your following's liking?
Yeah, I imagine it didn't go well after the trip back to the prison for that patient.
Rowling and her cronies always think they're getting something out of dehumanizing others. I legitimately don't get it. I guess it's egotism -- the idea that if you don't speak up against it, that "ideology" will trump yours. Which... JK Rowling, who is going to trump your ideology? Just enjoy your millions and shut up, you're not gonna save the world by being a scumbag.
Why can't these people mind their own business? Being concerned with someone else's genitalia is such a privileged sense of bigotry. I could never imagine having the time, even if I was the biggest jerk on the planet.
I enjoyed this read and now want to see Haymaker… which I will..and once I do, I will provide you with better feedback, D.
My line of reasoning leans itself to advocate for transgender people because I have enough of a medical background under my belt to simply say Transgender people are reclaiming their rightful sexual identity not forcing or electing themselves into a new one on whim.
The thought of transgender people being incarcerated into gender specific prisons because of what sex has been plunked down on their birth certificates just makes me cringe.
Yeah, I always wondered how that worked for some. In my last spot, there was a period where we all lived in an open-air hall, everyone in a six person cubicle. No cells, no doors, just cubicles. I lived across from a room with six people, and they kept the three transgender inmates in that hall together (in a unit with 100 people). It was interesting because one of them was very casual, one of them was a drug addict, and one had very distinct feminine features. A lot of guys were very confused not only by the presence of transgender inmates, but the presence of three very different ones. I suppose it was safer to have them live together, particularly in the clear view of the officers (it was the closest cubicle).
Will be seeking this one out asap, will offer a take post-hence.
Anyway, when I was recovering from one of my surgeries in the hospital, one of the other patients in my wing was a prisoner, and was always accompanied by a correctional officer. Other than that, she was like any other patient; could go outside in the yard to get used to walking again, could have visitors freely come and go, what have you. This is in Canada.
I never spoke to this person during our overlapping stays, but I always wondered what must have followed for her in terms of out-of-hospital aftercare, which requires a lot of clean space and hygiene and upkeep and physical caution. Surely the prison wasn't the site of her aftercare, right? Beyond that, I always go cold at the thought of post-op trans women inmates being in an all-male prison for obvious reasons.
That's what angers me so deeply about J. K. Rowling's rhetoric; regardless of how sincerely she thinks she's protecting cis women, not an ounce of thought is ever spared for the trans people that her wishes would displace and subsequently endanger. Her messaging, in essence, boils down to "make sure it's the tranny that gets raped." How about pushing for a solution where no one is at risk of getting raped, Joanne? Or would that humanize us too much for your following's liking?
Yeah, I imagine it didn't go well after the trip back to the prison for that patient.
Rowling and her cronies always think they're getting something out of dehumanizing others. I legitimately don't get it. I guess it's egotism -- the idea that if you don't speak up against it, that "ideology" will trump yours. Which... JK Rowling, who is going to trump your ideology? Just enjoy your millions and shut up, you're not gonna save the world by being a scumbag.
Why can't these people mind their own business? Being concerned with someone else's genitalia is such a privileged sense of bigotry. I could never imagine having the time, even if I was the biggest jerk on the planet.
I enjoyed this read and now want to see Haymaker… which I will..and once I do, I will provide you with better feedback, D.
My line of reasoning leans itself to advocate for transgender people because I have enough of a medical background under my belt to simply say Transgender people are reclaiming their rightful sexual identity not forcing or electing themselves into a new one on whim.
The thought of transgender people being incarcerated into gender specific prisons because of what sex has been plunked down on their birth certificates just makes me cringe.
Yeah, I always wondered how that worked for some. In my last spot, there was a period where we all lived in an open-air hall, everyone in a six person cubicle. No cells, no doors, just cubicles. I lived across from a room with six people, and they kept the three transgender inmates in that hall together (in a unit with 100 people). It was interesting because one of them was very casual, one of them was a drug addict, and one had very distinct feminine features. A lot of guys were very confused not only by the presence of transgender inmates, but the presence of three very different ones. I suppose it was safer to have them live together, particularly in the clear view of the officers (it was the closest cubicle).
Interesting and honestly I would think it was very confusing.
Presentation varies due to any mixture of reasons.
It would also stand to reason that keeping them in constant view of the officers was a safer option for both them and the facility I suppose.
It still boils down to that they were women incarcerated with men.
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