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Agnes Goes to Prison: Sexual Assault and the “Olympics
of Gender Authenticity” Among Transgender Inmates
in California’s Prisons
Agnes Goes to Prison: Sexual Assault and the “Olympics
of Gender Authenticity” Among Transgender Inmates
in California’s Prisons
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 10, 2012
ANNOTATION: Issues relate to transgender inmates in California’s prisons are discussed. Parts comprising this presentation are: good reasons to study transgender inmates—growing awareness of transgender people in the U.S. and in correctional settings, high profile court cases brought forth by transgender inmates, legislative mandates, high rates of sexual assault among this population, and systematic and empirical examination of transgender inmates is lacking; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation study about transgender inmates major findings regarding demographic profile, aggregate prevalence rate for sexual assault of transgender inmates, prevalence by characteristics of transgender inmates, by prisons, by housing assignments, and by social-interactional-support factors (i.e., lived experiences in prison),and the “Olympics of gender authenticity” (perceived femininity).
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