According to the ,Human Rights Campaign annual report, at least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) people have been killed in the United States in 2022. They also ,cite that 15 trans people have been killed by police or while incarcerated in jails, prisons, or detention centers. Police contact with transgender and gender non-conforming individuals is often more frequent than many people realize. TGNC individuals are more likely to interact with police because they are more likely to be victims of violent crime due to housing, financial, and education status. Many transgender and no ..read more

Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Law enforcement has a long history of profiling marginalized people, including trans individuals. These targeted practices have led to more interactions between police and trans folks, interactions that can quickly take a turn for the worse. Profiling for trans women has primarily been under the assumption that they're engaging in some sort of sex work. Among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people that interacted with police in 2021, ,over 45% reported experiencing verbal harassment. This verbal harassment often coupled with misgendering and invasive que ..read more

The System Like all Americans, transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people live within a capitalist society, in which the creation and enforcement of laws is deeply rooted in the perpetuation of wealth and class status. Further, TGNC people face substantial discrimination throughout American society, facing increased rejection in employment opportunities, housing, healthcare, and the obtaining of identity documents. The compounding of these two factors means that TGNC individuals are less likely to obtain substantial wealth or status and, therefore, are more likely to face increased en ..read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBQjOEQhB3k Video Credit: NBC News Individuals who identify as transgender are more likely to experience police bias and are also more likely to become incarcerated than those who identify with the gender binary, research shows. In a survey conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, they found that: “One-fifth (22%) of respondents who have interacted with police reported harassment by police due to bias, with substantia ..read more

The criminal legal system is made up of three main components: law enforcement, the court system, and corrections. Each of these areas of the system play a critical role in the process of identifying, rehabilitating, or reconciling crimes and those that commit them. However, no part of this system is without some fault in perpetuating the continued unfairness, inequality, and sometimes blatant inhumanity that occurs within this system. The area of focus in discussing issues of gender non-conforming individuals in the system is the component of corrections. The corrections component of the crim ..read more

"I don't want somebody else to have to go through the struggles that I did, or they wind up making the wrong decisions and land in prison, and they have to deal with the same issues. It is hard to do." ------ Ashlee Inscoe ,Only 15 out of 4890 transgender inmates were incarcerated in prisons according to their lived gender. Introduction and Statistics While the number of female criminals has increased rapidly during the last decades, criminal legal policies now focus on creating a better environment for both male and female criminals. However, thousands of non-binary inmates are facing severe ..read more

Policing is a heated topic, especially given the exacerbation of issues like brutality and abuses of power coming to a head in the past few years. With social media giving everyone a platform and the ability to record interactions between police and citizens, people are increasingly aware of issues with misconduct and actions that are questionable at best and illegal or deadly at worst. It's not surprising that for many transgender people, the police present risks that others may not face. It is no revelation that transgender people face harsher interactions with police that other groups of pe ..read more

Much of the discussion surrounding LGBTQ people and the criminal legal system focuses on criminalization. This is of course for good reason as LGBTQ people, and more specifically trans people, experience disparate treatment. Trans people are disproportionately ,likely to be arrested and incarcerated when compared to cisgendered, heterosexual people. The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, shows reports of frequent harassment, profiling, and abuse from police. The criminalization of poverty and homelessness along with the high rates of poverty among the trans community ,puts low income trans individ ..read more

Nikita Dragun is among several well-known YouTubers known as an OG of social media notoriety. Dragun, who currently has 3 million YouTuber followers, is known for her makeup and fashion videos that showcase large amounts of wealth. While many today watch her videos to see her collaborate with other YouTube creators, originally Dragun came to fame for documenting her transition to womanhood. With videos titled “TRANSGENDER Q&A (New Boobs, Transphobia & More)” Dragun built a name for herself as an openly trans woman. Yet, despite her fame as an influential woman on YouTube, she was place ..read more

Prisons operate in part, to strip people of their identities, with the intent to reduce people to identification based on solely a number. This dehumanizing tactic is even more harmful for transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary and intersex (TGNCNBI) folks. According to a 2022 report by the Sentencing Project, TGNCNBI folks also experience higher rates of sexual harassment and/or violence, are more likely to be placed in solitary confinement and are less likely to have familial/friend support networks outside of the prison. The survey also states that TGNCNBI inmates rarely have access ..read more