Transgender inmates had previously sued the state, arguing that keeping trans women in men’s prisons violated the Eighth Amendment.

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[–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hi, resident of Oregon here!

Oregon doesn’t mandate anything more than self-attestation to get a gender change on their documents. Anyone can do it at any time.

Furthermore, HRT is ultimately all that’s needed to “make someone a biological woman.” Trans women are much closer to cis women, physically speaking, than to cis men.

Furthermore than that, women of any variety shouldn’t be locked up with men. That’s a recipe for sexual violence, and prisoners don’t deserve sexual violence. No one deserves sexual violence, not even the people who perpetrate it. We’re a civilized society, dammit.

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