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they’re currently launching a housing program specifically for trans teenagers (who can stay for up to 18 months!) and will be offering safe hormone replacement therapy at their medical clinic. [x]

As New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and presidential candidate Rand Paul offered their condolences to Browder’s family, the truth about what is happening at Riker’s Island is so ugly that it is hard to believe. Browder was not that one guy who got lost in the system. Far from it.

Currently, at Riker’s Island, at least 400 people have been imprisoned for over two years without being convicted. Half a dozen people have actually been waiting for over six years inside of Riker’s without being convicted of a crime. A staggering 1,500 inmates have waited at least a whole year—some imprisoned for crimes that wouldn’t even have sentences for this long if they actually were convicted.

Browder had no criminal record when he entered Riker’s accused of attempting to steal a backpack. Mind you, according to an interview Browder did with Marc Lamont Hill before his death, the backpack wasn’t even actually stolen by anyone, but he was accused of attempting to steal it, and he consistently denied having any part in the incident until the day he could no longer take the brutality of this cruel world we live in.

What must it do to a man’s psyche to wait and wait and wait for a chance at justice, only to languish in a notorious prison overrun with abuse? Sadly, we know what it did to Browder. For the next man, the effect may be equally debilitating, but be expressed in an altogether different way.

It’s called the “justice system,” but those two words don’t really seem to belong in the same sentence. It is a system, yes, but what brother Kalief Browder experienced, and what the 1,500 inmates in this prison alone who have waited years for a chance to have a fair trial have experienced, is not justice.

Call it what it really is—the injustice system, the New Jim Crow, modern slavery—but don’t call it justice and don’t call it an accident. This system was built on purpose and it is a very real emergency for those men and women who are being held without trial for years on end. Everything in New York City should stop so that these people, these citizens of our land, can have some semblance of justice—if that’s even possible. Pardons may even be called for.

CW SLURS / TRANSMISOGYNY 

www.gofundme.com/killniagarafalltbh

my name is kylie (or) stephanie. i’m 20 years old and live in niagara falls ontario. this city is regarded as one full of homophobia and transmisogyny as ive been told by many LGBT individuals. this morning i received two very stressful anon messages. 

shortly following my response to this message, this was sent

the pixelated text is my current address. these are being sent by somebody who knows where i live. i am not safe in niagara falls. i need money to move ASAP.

i have friends in British Columbia who are willing to house me once i raise enough to cover moving expenses.

Please - i am begging you to not just “signal boost”. please donate if you can even if its just 5 dollars. despite a huge boost in notes last night for my original post about my gofundme i did not receive a single donation in the last 24 hours.

please. donate. i need to escape niagara falls. people here say this to me constantly.

“the b,” which is a sandwich of bacon, mayo, and nothing else

“the inside out grilled cheese sandwich” which is exactly what it sounds like

“the 100% cheese grilled cheese sandwich,” which is a grilled cheese sandwich with no bread, so just really hot cheese

“pancake-stuffed french toast” which is just french toast with a hole cut in it and pancake batter in the hole