Stanley-Eric-Captive-Genders-Trans-Embodiment-and-Prison-Industrial-Complex

Captive Gendersto endure is usually performed in front of others. They do this in hopesthat these acts will provide the impression that they are not queer andwill protect them from attacks by others in prison. These individuals aremotivated by fear and these acts are often done in order to survive. Theirsurvival is based on the maltreatment of others, and if we continue downthis path, how can we expect to survive when our enemies are destroyingus and we are helping them in the process?The truth of the matter is that we will not survive; we will all perishif we continue to do to ourselves that which the enemy is doing to us, andthis will happen sooner than we think if we do not come together. And Iuse the word together because I realized that our strength rests within ourunity and that our downfall rests within the opposite.It has been my love for black or African American transgender people,transsexuals, and the queer community as a whole, coupled with thepain that I often felt when one of them was mistreated within the system,and that inspired me to put work in on the predators. I hope to open youreyes to some of the things that are not greatly spoken about so that someof you may begin to address these behaviors.216