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Cross Dressing - The latest 'Get out of Gaol Free' card.

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[Deleted for abuse.]
Posted by rehctub, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 8:15:52 PM
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[Deleted, responds to previous comment. Mildly abusive.]
Posted by Bayne MacGregor, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 11:30:21 PM
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Ok BM, I appologize for my comments.

Now, it is my understanding that you want our current prison system, that is already stressed, to establish a whole new wing so that people with hang-ups can be fairly treated in their own little prison world.

Is that right?
Posted by rehctub, Friday, 17 September 2010 7:10:35 AM
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rechtub our current prison system would not be already stressed if we dealt with brain injuries properly. With 70% of prisoners brain-injured we could prevent many of the crimes in the first place.

And the people with hang-ups are not the knowingly Transgender prisoners. Transgender is and always has been a part of humanity, is natural,is genetic and had a place in much of the worlds cultures including Australias until recently excised. Therefore Transgender is not a 'hang-up' but Transphobia is, just like being Aboriginal or Female is not a 'hang-up' but Racism and Sexism is. The ones with the hang-ups are the ones that bash and rape Transgender people because they can't handle finding Transgender people naturally attractive or because they are in denial about their own Gay or Transgender tendencies (based on findings that 83% of homophobes get measurably sexually aroused at seeing same-sex erotic images).

Rearranging one part of one prison or one prison in total in order to properly house Transgender prisoners safely is better than the other currently suggested alternatives: letting all Transgender prisoners, even the rare serious criminals who are Transgender, go free because a few Cisgender prisoners would rape and/or execute them or allowing the current situation to continue that lead to the death of one Transgender woman within 6 days who hadn't even got to court yet and may have been completely innocent!

We already seperate cisgender men from cisgender women after all, even though cisgender women are less often raped or bashed in the non-prison world than Transgender people are! Surely we should protect more at-risk people if we protect the lessly-so but still at-risk ones? Italy has already set up a Transgender prison. Surely Australia can protect it's citizens better than Italy?

What are your better suggestions?
Posted by Bayne MacGregor, Friday, 17 September 2010 10:45:42 AM
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