trans women

Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Women’s Shelters

by Cara May 2, 2009

I’m a few weeks behind on this, but I really just couldn’t let it pass without comment. It deserves comment, and it needs comment. Recently, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, a group that provides rape crisis relief, counseling and shelter to battered women and their children, won a court case declaring the right for [...]

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Woman Speaks Out Against Abuses of Trans Prisoners in Idaho

by Cara April 8, 2009

Via Questioning Transphobia comes this story about Antonia Lara, a trans woman speaking out against the mistreatment that she and a cell mate, Majid Kolestani, received in jail: Lara, who lives in Jerome, said jail officials also made disparaging remarks toward her while booking her. “They were making comments the whole time, bringing people by [...]

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