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News August 28
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
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
Case in Point June 11, 2018
Was This Man Sentenced to Death Because He’s Gay?
His defenders say yes. South Dakota says no. The Supreme Court may soon weigh in.
By Maurice Chammah
Commentary January 24, 2018
How Post-Prison Reentry Programs Fail Queer Women
Having a man counts as a plan in some reentry programs.
Erin Kerrison
Life Inside December 21, 2017
When a Gay Inmate Loses the Ability to Blend In
Outed by Accident, More Vigilant by Necessity
By Stephen Wilson
Life Inside August 17, 2017
I Thought Being Gay Was a Sin Until I Saw My Friend Suffer in Prison
A Christian inmate confronts his own beliefs.
By James King
News March 29, 2016
DOJ Tells Prisons to Put Safety First in Housing Transgender Inmates
Rules from 2012 are too often ignored, advocates say.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
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