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(DIR) Post #9zkFc7ykxu4IrHEmBM by FUCKTHIS@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T01:44:43.336512Z
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New York already has self ID for prisons but they have a bill before the Senate that would make it even worse. I contacted the office of the Senator who sponsored the bill and was told that it was only about offenders who had a formal diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria. Now, I know we all know what a crock of shit that label is but even worse than that the rep was wrong!The proposed bill would allow offenders who have a diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria OR self identify as transgender OR are gender nonconforming OR have a gender identity that doesn’t align with their sex to choose what prison they will go to. They are also free to go back and forth. The point of this rant is you cannot trust the info these reps tell you. I don’t think she was lying to me knowingly, I think she simply didn’t bother to take 5 or 10 minutes and read the fucking bill before she responded to me. This has happened to me when contacting Canadian reps as well. It is deeply concerning because even in the rare instance where women do contact their reps they may be given incorrect info and walk away with a false sense of security. Gender Dysphoria sounds like a medical label and people’s faith in heath care professionals is absolute. What this actually is is an erosion of sex segregation in prisons and it is complete fucking madness.
(DIR) Post #9zkFc8BADlzdTl2gWO by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T02:37:42.832131Z
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LegiScan is a good support source here:https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A05257/2019https://legiscan.com/NY/text/A05257/id/1901765One section specifies:“and has a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, as set forth in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”The rest say:“an inmate who has a birth certificate, passport or driver’s license that reflects his or her gender identity or who can meet established standards for obtaining such a document” Messy. Needs serious clarification. Or elimination! How about the presumption is genetic sex and the exceptions happen by an appeal process? Like California’s new law, “placement may be overcome by a demonstration by the chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer’s designee, that the placement would present significant safety, management or security problems.”Except this seems to rely on a single official instead of CA’s committee. Too soon to know how that will be implemented… Such an appropriate user handle to have here: @FUCKTHIS
(DIR) Post #9zkFc8MVXb4E2wLkCe by FUCKTHIS@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T02:50:43.887918Z
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@LorenAmelang Thanks so much for the links! That is helpful background.The bill I am referring to is a new Senate Bill S4702AIt states that:§ 72-C. PLACEMENT OF INMATES BASED ON GENDER IDENTITY. 1. AN INCARCER-ATED PERSON WHO HAS A GENDER IDENTITY THAT DIFFERS FROM HIS OR HERASSIGNED SEX AT BIRTH OR WHO HAS A DIAGNOSIS OF GENDER DYSPHORIA OR WHOSELF-IDENTIFIES AS TRANSGENDER OR GENDER NONCONFORMING PURSUANT TOSUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTERSHALL BE PRESUMPTIVELY PLACED IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITH PERSONS OFTHE GENDER THAT MOST CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH SUCH PERSON’S GENDER IDENTITYUNLESS THE PERSON OPTS OUT OF SUCH PLACEMENT. THE INCARCERATED PERSONSHALL BE PERMITTED TO LEAVE SUCH PLACEMENT AND TRANSFER TO A FACILITYHOUSING INDIVIDUALS OF HIS OR HER ASSIGNED SEX AT BIRTH AT ANY TIME.https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4702
(DIR) Post #9zkFc8aKiC7sjoomki by LorenAmelang@spinster.xyz
2020-10-02T06:29:25.495232Z
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A few differences between this Senate bill and the Assembly version…“or who self-identifies as transgender or gender nonconforming”Not even a need to be qualified for an ID change. “unless the person opts out of such placement”I guess that was implied in the other bill, but good to have an explicit pre-escape for FtM inmates. “determination in writing by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee that there is clear and convincing evidence that such person presents a current danger of committing gender-based violence against others”That’s going to be much harder to prove. Scary! “incarcerated person experiencing harassment, violence or threats of violence due to his or her gender identity … must be housed in a least-restrictive setting where he or she will be safe from such behavior.”Now if we could just guarantee the same safety to potential victims of Self-ID prisoners… I guess solitary confinement is “cruel and unusual” so we can’t just isolate the threats. “Determination of evidence of threat of violence” is our only hope - it certainly needs to be defined much more clearly! @FUCKTHIS @feministstruggle