Chelsea Manning is Missing, and Incarcerated Trans Women in Texas Are In...
Chelsea Manning's legal team reports she's been missing for a week, and several incarcerated trans women in Texas are being threatened with violence, both highlighting the dangers posed to trans women...
View ArticleFinally Free! Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Cleared on All...
More than twenty years since they were convicted of a horrific crime, a Texas criminal appeals court declared four Latina lesbians innocent and exonerated. The San Antonio Four's exoneration serves as...
View ArticleSome Really Actually Good News: Obama Commutes Most of Incarcerated Trans...
Chelsea Manning is set to be freed in May 2017 instead of finishing her 35-year sentence, which would have ended in 2045. The post Some Really Actually Good News: Obama Commutes Most of Incarcerated...
View Article15 Years Later, Has PREA Protected LGBTQ Prisoners Against Sexual Assault?
A disproportionate number of prisoners identify as LGBTQI. On the 15th anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, we look at what the bill has done to protect them — and what challenges remain....
View ArticleExtra! Extra!: Is the Arc of the Universe Bending Toward Justice for Trans...
This week's Extra! Extra! brings a mix of hopeful and sobering news about trans rights, the criminal justice system, violence against women and the climate catastrophes in the Bay of Bengal and in...
View ArticlePolice and Prison Abolition 101: A Syllabus and FAQ
The work around decarceration has been some of the most successfully documented, accessible, and digitally interactive of any movement. This is a guide to guides, organized loosely by some of the main...
View ArticlePrinciples of Pride: Police and Prisons Do Not Belong in Our Future
Legacies intersect in this Pride month to remind us that defunding the police system is both a historically Black and historically queer demand, and that disruption and direct action can get that...
View ArticleOrganizers From Black & Pink on Supporting Our Incarcerated Queer and Trans...
"Abolition isn’t just going to protests, which is a really important direct action, but also actively prefiguring the world we want." The post Organizers From Black & Pink on Supporting Our...
View Article“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us” Makes Abolition Accessible Without Claiming It’s...
Imagining what true justice would look like is difficult and strange and convoluted and there aren’t easy answers. Kaba, along with countless other writers, thinkers, and revolutionaries, has spent...
View ArticleI’m a Trans Woman in Prison, Where Being Myself Comes at a Cost
Lying on that rigid ol’ mattress, I realized: I’m transgender. Then one day without my permission, I found myself being me. The post I’m a Trans Woman in Prison, Where Being Myself Comes at a Cost...
View ArticleBrianna Ghey’s Murderers Have Received Life Sentences — Is That Justice?
The truest form of justice is prevention. The post Brianna Ghey’s Murderers Have Received Life Sentences — Is That Justice? appeared first on Autostraddle.
View ArticleIn “Caged” (1950) Lesbianism Is More Than Another Cruel and Unusual Punishment
When the options are be beholden to the state — or, if lucky, to a man — or live a luxurious life of crime, who wouldn’t become a lesbian? The post In “Caged” (1950) Lesbianism Is More Than Another...
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