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Did They Make Them Wear Pink Armbands, Too?

Sometimes I find myself well and truly disgusted with Virginia and its very much accepted culture of bigotry.  This is one of those times.  From the Virginian-Pilot:

For more than a year, Virginia’s largest women’s prison rounded up inmates who had loose-fitting clothes, short hair or otherwise masculine looks, sending them to a unit officers derisively dubbed the “butch wing,” prisoners and guards say.

Dozens were moved in an attempt to split up relationships and curb illegal sexual activity at the 1,200-inmate Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, though some straight women were sent to the wing strictly because of their appearance, the inmates and corrections officers said.

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4 Comments

  1. Pink – with triangles.

    That story is disgusting.

  2. Wnt sm chs wth tht whn, Btch?

    [MB: Disemvoweled. Cut that shit out. Do it again and you’re banned.]

  3. “Disemvoweled.” Heh.

    I say John Doe (if that’s his real name) also loses all his “w”s for not bringing the clever.

  4. Genevieve

    Ridiculous. Unfortunately, this sort of thing happens nationwide. I suggest that anyone who wants to get involved take a look at the Sylvia Riveria Project, which specializes in working with trans prisoners and those facing transphobia in prison who aren’t trans themselves. http://srlp.org/ They work with trans individuals in areas outside of prisons, but they’re best known for their work with prisoners.

    I got to work with a number of those individuals last year on law journal; it’s a truly amazing organization. We need more like them.

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