Recently, the Department of Corrections in Washington, DC became one of a small handful of jurisdictions in the world to issue a policy on transgender people who are incarcerated. The new policy forbids discrimination, permits access to hormones, limits the use of strip searches and mandatory protective custody and creates the possibility of housing trans inmates by gender identity. The changes came after over a year of intense community organizing, legal battles, negotiation and political press
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This event was recorded on Friday April 3rd 2009 at the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy in Montreal, Quebec.
'Correct Your Assumptions!': Resisting State and Gender Violence
A workshop and discussion with Sadie and Elijah from the DC Trans Coalition