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My Storyme lean against the wall so he could “pat search” me as cameras <strong>and</strong> otherofficers watched. He squeezed my breasts so hard that tears came to myeyes <strong>and</strong> my knees buckled. He screamed, “What gender are you?” I replied,“Female.” He screamed, “This paperwork says you a male.” I replied, “Mygender is female, my sex is male, <strong>and</strong> my orientation is a certified <strong>Trans</strong>sexualWoman.” He stepped back, looked me up <strong>and</strong> down, <strong>and</strong> said, “ Idon’t know how to h<strong>and</strong>le this,” <strong>and</strong> called a female LT over to search medown. She took one look at me <strong>and</strong> said, “I got this one,” patted me down,<strong>and</strong> took me to the infirmary to be housed.The next day I went before the Magistrate, still in my dress, as awoman, to have bail denied me <strong>and</strong> taken back to my one-person cellin the infirmary. Later on, I sent a complaint form in <strong>and</strong> asked aboutthe jail’s policy on the treatment of transsexual prisoners because I feltI was mistreated. A female, Captain Pokoodo, was called to h<strong>and</strong>le mycomplaint <strong>and</strong> was very underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> issued orders clearing the wayfor me to get panties, bras, my HRT medications <strong>and</strong> depression meds Iwas taken to TDCJ Byrd Unit by special transport squad car. WilliamsonCounty Jail wanted to pass this “hot potato” on to TDCJ as soon as possible,in hopes that I would not file charges <strong>and</strong> a lawsuit against them.In the intake of TDCJ at Byrd Unit, transsexual women areSTRIPPED OF THEIR IDENTITIES AND DIGNITY. I was put in acaged area where over 200 men witnessed, gawked, <strong>and</strong> made fun of me.Some made passes, some made lewd comments, <strong>and</strong> others made knowntheir desire to have sex with me. The officers shouted comments at melike “Yea, now you got to pull your nuts back out <strong>and</strong> be a man,” “Yourcellie is going to REALLY be glad to see you,” <strong>and</strong> “Are those REAL tits orsilicone?” Then I was forced to strip off my clothes, bra, panties <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>nude in front of them while I changed clothes. This generated a lot of“cat calls,” whistles, <strong>and</strong> more lewd comments. The floor Sgt got so madhe pulled me out, emptied the barber shop out, <strong>and</strong> ordered the barberto “skin him like <strong>and</strong> onion <strong>and</strong> cut those DAMN NAILS.” The barbershaved my head <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ed me a pair of nail clippers. The LT came in,looked at my pink finger <strong>and</strong> toe nails, asked what they were painted with<strong>and</strong> took off furious towards the infirmary. He comes back with somedifferent kinds of pads <strong>and</strong> told me to wipe them clean. When the polishwouldn’t come off, I informed him it would require polish remover totake it off <strong>and</strong> his face turned so red I thought it would pop, as he stormedoff saying “We’ll see about that.” The Capt came back with a nurse <strong>and</strong>more pads. When she couldn’t take the polish off he said, “You don’t211

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