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11 Geo. J. Gender & L. 837 (2010)
Fighting for Our Lives: The D.C. Trans Coalition's Campaign for Humane Treatment of Transgender Inmates in District of Columbia Correctional Facilities

handle is hein.journals/grggenl11 and id is 843 raw text is: FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES: THE D.C. TRANS COALITION'S CAMPAIGN FOR HUMANE TREATMENT OF TRANSGENDER INMATES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES BY DRAKE HAGNER* I. THE PROBLEM: STATE OF CRISIS FOR TRANSGENDER INMATES ..... 841 A. OBSTACLES FOR THE DISTRICT'S TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS .... 841 B. THE DISTRICT'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE HUMANE TREATMENT FOR TRANSGENDER INMATES ......................... ..844 1. Denial of Gender-Identity and Expression .............. 846 2. Harassment and Other Humiliating Treatment ........ 847 3. Rape and Sexual Abuse ......................... 848 4. Increased Isolation ............................ 849 5. Lack of Gender-Affirming Medical Care ............ 850 II. FIGHTING FOR THE DISTRICT'S TRANSGENDER INMATES ............. 851 A. HISTORY OF TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY IN D.C ............. 851 1. Early V ictories ............................... 851 2. Formation of the D.C. Trans Coalition ................. 852 B. THE D.C. TRANS COALITION'S CAMPAIGNS WITH POLICE AND D.C. CORRECTIONS OFFICERS ........................ 853 1. Early Campaigns: Metropolitan Police Department ..... 853 2. Beginning of the Department of Corrections Campaign.. 855 3. Turning Point: Coalition Challenges the D.C. Office of Human Rights ............................... 856 4. Outcomes of the Department of Corrections Campaign.. 861 III. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CAMPAIGN EVALUATION ......... . 862 A. LESSONS FOR LAWYERS ............................. 862 1. Successful Community Strategies for Social Change .... 862 2. Successful Social Justice Lawyering Strategies ........ 863 3. Lawmaking or Litigation? A Both/And Model ........ 864 B. ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES, AND POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS FOR THE CAMPAIGN ...................................... 866 * J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2010. The author would like to thank Georgetown Law Professor Nan Hunter for her encouragement and guidance; Marjorie Rifkin for her insightful comments and edits; the student editors of the GEORGETOWN JOURNAL OF GENDER AND THE LAW, including Meredith Larson and Christina Calce; and most especially, the courageous advocates of the D.C. Trans Coalition. Please visit http://www.dctranscoalition.org. D 2010, Drake Hagner.

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