A lawsuit from a Maryland woman is part of a larger push for trans rights to be considered under the Americans With Disabilities Act and for trans women in prison to be housed with other women.
From then on, she said in a federal lawsuit, she was housed with men, harassed by deputies during searches and ogled and groped by inmates when she was showering or walking through the jail. Her bras were taken away, she said, and she was told she couldn’t buy one at the commissary. Her hormone treatments were not provided for weeks at a time.
Amy Whelan, a senior staff attorney with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said that genitalia still determines housing in most prisons despite federal regulations and research showing the high risk of sexual abuse trans women face in men’s prisons.“Jails are still very behind in terms of understanding how important it is to move people, and understanding the medical issues involved,” she said. “It’s putting the safety and security of these institutions at risk.
A spokesman for the Fairfax sheriff’s office, which runs the jail, said it would be inappropriate to comment while the case is pending.
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