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38 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 167 (2006-2007)
The Gender Liens are Marked with Razor Wire: Addressing State Prison Policies and Practices for the Management of Transgender Prisoners

handle is hein.journals/colhr38 and id is 173 raw text is: THE GENDER LINES ARE MARKED WITH RAZOR WIRE: ADDRESSING STATE PRISON POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSGENDER PRISONERS Sydney Tarzwell* The dominant binary understanding of gender is a powerful coercive force: individuals are pressured to conform to cultural ideals of male or female from the moment they are assigned a sex on their birth certificate. Refusal or inability to conform to gender expectations that align with one's assigned sex can have drastic repercussions. Transgender individuals' face pervasive social and B.A., Princeton University (2000); J.D., Columbia Law School (expected 2007); Submissions and Notes Editor, Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2006 - 2007). I would like to thank Dean Spade for his role in inspiring and supporting this project. I would also like to thank Alex Lee, Melissa Elwell, Caitlin Daniel-McCarter, Davim Horowitz, Franklin Romeo, Naureen Shah, and Nicole Altman for their contributions and insights. Finally, I would like to thank those correctional staff who were willing to speak candidly, and most especially the prisoners who have refused to be silenced. 1. I use the terms transgender, gender transgressive, and gender non- conforming to refer to persons whose identity or lived experience do not conform to the identity or experiences typically associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth. Franklin H. Romeo, Beyond a Medical Model: Advocating for a New Conception of Gender Identity in the Law, 36 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 713, 713 n.1 (2005). These broad and fluid terms include, but are not limited to, people who identify or live some or all of the time as a gender other than that assigned at birth, people with intersex conditions, transsexuals, genderqueers, transvestites, drag kings and queens, women displaying masculine characteristics, men displaying feminine characteristics, and anyone whose performance of gender calls into question the construct of gender itself. Kate Bornstein, Gender Outlaw 121 (Vintage 1995). These categories encompass those

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