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6 Mich. J. Gender & L. 499 (1999-2000)
Trapped in Sing Sing: Transgendered Prisoners Caught in the Gender Binarism

handle is hein.journals/mjgl6 and id is 509 raw text is: TRAPPED IN SING 'SING: TRANSGENDERED PRISONERS CAUGHT IN THE GENDER BINARISM 'Darren Resenblum* I. GENDER, TRANSsEXUALITY AND TRANSGENDERISM • 503 A. The Gender Spectrum • 503 1. The Construction of Sex and the Reality of Gender 503 2. The Gender Binarism • 505 B. Transsexuality and Transgenderism • 506 C. Categorizing Transgendered People • 508 1. The Post-operative Transgendered • 509 2. Transgendered People in Transformation • 510 3. Untreated Transgendered People • 511 4. Lesbian and Gay Transgendered People 511 5. A Note Concerning Transgendered Men 512 D. The Shape of Transphobia • 513 1. Identity Issues • 513 2. Category Problems • 514 3. Discrimination Issues • 515 IL DOUBLY IMPRISONED: TRANSGENDERED PRISONER PLACEMENT • 516 A. The Cruel, the Unusual, and the Transgendered- Prison Law and Life • 516 B. Categorizing Gender: Pre-Incarceration Processing • 520 C. Genitalia-Based Placement . 522 1. The Mortal Dangers of Genitalia-Based Placement . 523 2. The Failure to Eliminate Genitalia-Based Segregation: The Co-Correctional Experiment • 526 Associate, Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells L.L.P. Law Clerk to the Honorable Jos6 Antonio Fust6, United States District Court of Puerto Rico, 1996-98; B.A., 1991 & J.D., 1995, University of Pennsylvania. So many people have helped me with this ar- ticle, I cannot possibly thank them all. Phyllis Randolph Frye, Ray Hill, Dee Farmer, Dr. Barbara Warren, Rosalyne Blumenstein, Riki Wilchins, Melinda Whiteway, and Moe Miller all assisted me with the community research necessary for this Artide. Finally I thank those whose encouragement and assistance brought this Article to fruition: Susan Sturm, Regina Austin, Marjorie Rifkin, Frank Valdes, Darren Kowitt, Laura Appleman, Dan Levison, Jami Weinstein, Kristin Taylor and Dhanjai Shivakuman.

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