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EXPOSURECholo<strong>Prison</strong> is possessed by hatred <strong>and</strong> violence. This hatred leads to violencethat oftentimes results in death, <strong>and</strong> death after rape is what transgenderpeople <strong>and</strong> queers are subjected to in prison. <strong>Trans</strong>genders <strong>and</strong> queers inprison are enduring inhumane treatments <strong>and</strong> their cries are not reallybeing heard during their walk through the valley of the shadow of death,<strong>and</strong> the few that are hearing their pleas are small in number. They areonly able to do things that will make them the target of verbal, physical,or sexual abuse before they are equally treated in the manner that mostprison queers <strong>and</strong> transgender people are treated.These diabolical acts are brutal forms of self-expression that are normallyproduced by prison guards <strong>and</strong> prisoners. These individuals are often,but not always, closeted queers. The harm that the prisoners have215

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