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LGBTQ
Life Inside
April 26
What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like
Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Life Inside
March 15
Boxer Shorts Blues: My Path to Gender-Affirming Underwear in Prison
Nonbinary writer K.C. Johnson soon learned that behind bars, even their underwear was subject to deliberations.
By
K.C. Johnson
Life Inside
February 16
I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love With a Woman. Then Came Prison.
We call straight women who couple up with fellow prisoners “gay for the stay.” That slang masks the complexity — and often beauty — of these bonds.
By
Samantha Vantassell
Life Inside
November 3
Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.
As a queer teen, Michael Shane Hale found belonging in books. Here’s how he built a place where everyone can read in peace in prison.
By
Michael Shane Hale
Life Inside
May 26, 2023
My Friend Jordan Neely Was Homeless and in Mental Distress. But He Was Not Expendable.
Jordan Neely was choked to death on a New York City subway car. Mentor and fellow Michael Jackson enthusiast Moses Harper recalls who he was in life.
By
Moses Harper
, as told to
Nicole Lewis
News
August 28, 2019
Same-Sex Couples in North Carolina Don’t Have Equal Abuse Protections
A lawsuit seeks protective orders even when queer couples don’t live together.
By
Joseph Darius Jaafari
Feature
January 14, 2019
We Are Witnesses: Becoming An American
A portrait of the U.S. immigration system in 12 short films.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
September 6, 2018
My Gay Prison Gang Fights Neo-Nazis
They call us the Rainbow Warriors.
By
Dennis Mintun
News
June 18, 2018
Supreme Court Declines to Hear ‘Gay Bias’ Case
Charles Rhines argued jurors sent him to death row in part because they knew he was gay.
By
Maurice Chammah
Life Inside
June 14, 2018
My Road to Acceptance as a Trans Man Began in Prison
“I won’t be swept under the rug anymore. This is me.”
By
Ethan Ybabes
as told to
Page Dukes