The 1967 Sexual Offenc Act was a game-changer for gay men. Our wrers reflect on what changed, and what didn’t
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Gay, bisexual and transgenr mat at California's San Quent State Prison meet weekly wh once-homophobic offenrs for a rtorative jtice group. * lgbt prisoners *
New data LGBT people across all mographics are at heightened risk of vlent victimizatn Prison Policy Iniative, November, 2022“Lbian and gay people experienced 44 victimizatns per 1, 000 people, which was more than twice the victimizatn rate of straight people (19 per 1, 000 people). Visualizg the unequal treatment of LGBTQ people the crimal jtice system Prison Policy Iniative, March, 2021“The data is clear: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) people are overreprented at every stage of crimal jtice system, startg wh juvenile jtice system volvement. The Overreprentatn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Qutng, Genr Nonnformg and Transgenr Youth Wh the Child Welfare to Juvenile Jtice Crossover Populatn Angela Irve and Aisha Canfield, April, 2016(The experience of crossg om the child welfare system to the juvenile jtice system is important to thk about bee is a measure of the heightened vulnerabily and margalizatn of LGBQ/GNCT youth, pecially LGBQ/GNCT youth of lor.
Informatn about the rights of lbian, gay, and bisexual dividuals who are prison, and the available reurse for vlatns of the rights. * lgbt prisoners *
Injtice at Every Turn: A Report of the Natnal Transgenr Discrimatn Survey Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly; Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force, 2015“One-fifth (22%) of rponnts who have teracted wh police reported harassment by police due to bias, wh substantially higher rat (29-38%) reported by rponnts of lor.
The Unfair Crimalizatn of Gay and Transgenr Youth: An Overview of the Experienc of LGBT Youth the Juvenile Jtice System Center for Amerin Progrs, June, 2012“Gay, transgenr, and genr nonnformg youth are signifintly over-reprented the juvenile jtice system--approximately 300, 000 gay and transgenr youth are arrted and/or taed each year, of which more than 60 percent are black or Lato. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Youth: An Epimic of Homelsns Natnal Coaln for the Homels, 2006“LGBT youth face the threat of victimizatn everywhere: at home, at school, at their jobs, and, for those who are out-of-home, at shelters and on the streets. The data is clear: lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ 1) people are overreprented at every stage of crimal jtice system, startg wh juvenile jtice system volvement.
(Namely, we provi the only natnal timat for lbian, gay, or bisexual arrt rat and muny supervisn rat that we know of. Rearchers timate that 20% of youth the juvenile jtice system are lbian, gay, bisexual, qutng, genr nonnformg, or transgenr pared wh 4-6% of youth the general populatn. Lbian, gay, and bisexual adults the crimal jtice system.
Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr mat face vlence and timidatn. And prisons are stgglg to addrs their needs. * lgbt prisoners *
Our analysis of data om the Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health (NSDUH) reveals that 2019, gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals (wh an arrt rate of 3, 620 per 100, 000) were 2.