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     The amount of discrimination that trans people face in prison was very distressing to read about, but it’s something that is important to be aware of. I don’t understand how the government could just take away basic human rights away from someone like healthcare or disregard the amount of sexual assault trans people face or placing them in the wrong prison. It’s great to see programs like the TGI Justice Project, though, who give legal services and peer advocacy, and to see the community bind together to help a very important cause–it’s very inspiring! I hope to see a big change in my lifetime.

     I never understood, and still don’t, the hypocrisy of politicians wanting homeless people off the street, but putting anti-homeless architecture on every corner. They want homeless people off the streets without helping them in any shape or form. Trans people are forced into homelessness by discrimination of all kinds be it employment, housing, and/or schools. It’s really disgusting how the soggy tangerine man is proposing an anti-trans rule. Housing is a human right.

This activity allowed me to show the harsh realities of being trans in prison alongside how trans people help each other in the prison system. I think it’s important to acknowledge the brutal treatment and experiences trans people face in prison. They are often assigned to a prison that doesn’t match their gender identity, have their access to hormones stripped away, and face constant threats of violence and sexual assault. It’s also important to acknowledge how resilient trans people are. For example, the founder of Black and Pink, Dominique Morgan, has had her own experiences in prison but still finds the strength to help her trans community. After living through that experience herself she overcomes the trauma and pain it has caused her to improve the realities of other trans folk.

     I never understood, and still don’t, the hypocrisy of politicians wanting homeless people off the street, but putting anti-homeless architecture on every corner. They want homeless people off the streets without helping them in any shape or form. Trans people are forced into homelessness by discrimination of all kinds be it employment, housing, and/or schools. It’s really disgusting how the soggy tangerine man is proposing an anti-trans rule. Housing is a human right.

Anyway, I love Travis McElroy.

This activity really caught my attention because it embodies another example of how trans people are unfairly targeted by toxic, right-wing bigots. Although the Trump administration’s attacks on trans rights is very distressing, the overall unity of trans allies and activists to fight back is what is so inspiring. We all need to come together and fight to ensure these basic humans rights.

Homelessness in general is looked down upon so much in this country by those who don’t experience it. People are often blamed for being homeless like it is all completely in their control. For many who are homeless, discrimination is a big reason why they don’t have a home. Transgender people are discriminated against on so many fronts that it forces them to poverty and to lack basic housing. Every human has a right to basic housing. It is a foundation upon which the rest of our lives flourish from.



A house can be red, with a tin roof. Especially as a child, a home is the sunshine, bushes outside, and a little gravel road. It has nothing to do with the individual that lives there, it has all to do with human beings belonging in a home. It wasn’t complicated to me at that young age, it was simple as being a human. Now that I’m older, I still hold this belief but to a stronger opinion due to the oppression and injustice I’ve seen in those who are not homeowners. 

As long as discrimination continues, even with anti-discrimination laws in place, trans people will never have the equality in our society that they deserve. The laws are not enough. We need to show support to trans people in our own communities. We need to meet them where they are and help at a personal level.

This piece of advice from Cava resonated with me the most because of how liberating and complex it can be. Trans people have such unique stories to tell and when they break away from the shackles of conformity, they become so much stronger!

We live in a world that has been designed to kill and harm anyone who is “different.” This needs to change.

I have never done an erasure poem before, so I tried to be pretty simplistic with it. The Spade article and interview really motivated me to research on ways to help in my local community!

My drawing was particularly inspired by the Nonprofit hopes to build 20 ‘tiny homes’ for Black transgender women NBC News Report (https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nonprofit-hopes-build-20-tiny-homes-black-transgender-women-n1233500). An important part of this article is that this is a trans-led organization. A big part of this unit is trans mutual aid in which trans people band together to help one another when the government and other social services aren’t. I think this article shows how trans people have come together to tackle some of the problems they are facing. It is also important to note that this initiative is particularly targeted at black trans women who are even more likely to experience homelessness.

     Lucy was the trans person to fight for marriage rights, so I’m a little surprised she wasn’t in the Stryker piece. She was such a strong woman to fight for what was right even though at the time it was incredibly dangerous. It was also really nice to read that the physician she was taken to when she was little supported her as a young woman. That’s something, I think, that is a rare occurrence even  in todays society, let alone almost a hundred years ago. I loved reading about her!!