The Unfair Crimalizatn of Gay and Transgenr Youth - Center for Amerin Progrs

Contents:

• COOMA JAIL: PRISON THAT WAS ONCE 'WORLD'S ONLY JAIL FOR GAY MEN'
• PRISON GAY
• THE UNFAIR CRIMALIZATN OF GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH
• THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON
• 70 COUNTRI WHERE IT'S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

COOMA JAIL: PRISON THAT WAS ONCE 'WORLD'S ONLY JAIL FOR GAY MEN'

While the film was not overtly gay -- censorship would have prevented that at the time -- the lbian unrton are hard to 's Prison MassacreThis 1983 horror film follows Emanuelle, a reporter sent to prison on tmped-up charg. Image source, The Greatt MenaceImage ptn, Cooma jail was once ed exclively to imprison gay menSet one of the lst and wdit small towns Atralia, Cooma prison holds a dark only was reopened 1957 wh the specific purpose of rceratg men for "homosexual offenc", was also said to be ed as a human ttg ground wh the ultimate goal of eraditg homosexualy om 's jail is believed to have been the only known homosexual prison the world, acrdg to a new now, even some prison staff say they didn't know the real reason gay prisoners were segregated Strzelecki, 66, started as a ctodial servic officer at the prison 1979, and later set up the Corrective Servic Mm Cooma.

"You wouldn't bunk two together… that was one of our biggt problems - keepg an eye on them, " says Mr New, now source, Thomas McCoyImage ptn, L Strzelecki (left) worked at the jail before settg up the lol Corrective Servic MmHistoril documents suggt New South Wal (NSW) Jtice Mister Reg Downg took cred for tablishg the reportedly exprsed "pri" at his pet project, tellg the Sydney Morng Herald 1957: "Nowhere Europe or Ameri did I fd any prisons where homosexuals were separated om other prisoners.

PRISON GAY

Attempted buggery rried five years, and a harsher crackdown, a clse was add statg "wh or whout the nsent of such person" source, State Library of NSWImage ptn, Reg Downg exprsed pri separatg gay prisoners om othersBoth Mr Wotherspoon and the podst ce evince of police actg as "agents provotrs" to ce men to m homosexual acts. "They'd e hunky policemen to entrap gay men by enticg them to have sex, ually public toilets, " Mr Wotherspoon 1958, the NSW ernment announced a mtee of quiry to the "e and treatment of homosexualy".

It nam Cooma prison as "a special stutn for nvicted homosexual offenrs" which will "facilate the vtigatn" a "scientific evaluatn of the problem and possible solutn" has been found, Mr Downg is quoted as sayg, "the ernment nsirs that the problem mt be attacked wh vigour". "The elive report has never been found - somethg Mr Abboud says amounts to a "ver up" source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Cooma is a town of about 7, 000 peopleIt's unclear when homosexual prisoners were no longer sent to Cooma.

THE UNFAIR CRIMALIZATN OF GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH

Corrective Servic NSW and the NSW Department of Communi and Jtice cled to ment on the allegatns, cg their "historil nature" Abboud believ gay prisoners may have been sent there until the early 1980s, cg a 1982 statement om the rrective servic mister claimg the policy still stood. Sex offenrs were also sent to Cooma and this further stigmatised gay prisoners, says Mr Wotherspoon says, wh recent parliamentary bate of a Relig Discrimatn Bill threateng to allow discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, such recent history rri a soberg warng. A term that scrib men, who by a plete eptu wh women, often bed wh ugly looks, are forced to rult to homosexual relatnships wh other men bee they nnot have sex wh any and Ford are totally prison gay.

THE GRIM TTH OF BEG GAY PRISON

A fallac label exclively ed by self-profsed "te" gays who are secure that bis won't top their hairy masc ass or fuckboys wh an empathy fic who lurk on alt-right/cel rners of the 's a lonely bisexual, therefore I em him prison gay and rightfully so; i am the holy gatekeeper of the prison gay otherwise heterosexual man who while prison engag homosexual sex. Can clu who men prefer women but rort to gay sex as an sexual and/or emotnal outlet while rcerated, as well as men who are forced to submissive sexual rol by other men is straight, married and got kids but he was Prison Gay while he was dog that dime Atti.

Also this person dose not need prr prison experience or time #1-as long as you say out loud “I’m not gay jt prison gay” ’s okRule #2- you the prison gay n not give pleasure only receive ( Givg pleasure to another man would actually mean you’re gay)Rule #3- what is the difference between a mans ass and women’s ass? Correct nothg, looks the same smells the same feels the same and ’s ma up of the same material therefore ’s not gayRule #4- you need to naturally be attracted to women and not men, fantasizg about a man mak you gayHey Matt I herd Cody had sex wh a tranny last night at the hotel for fun?

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.

70 COUNTRI WHERE IT'S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

Though gay and transgenr youth reprent jt 5 percent to 7 percent of the natn’s overall youth populatn, they pose 13 percent to 15 percent of those currently the juvenile jtice system. The high rat of volvement the juvenile jtice system are a rult of gay and transgenr youth abandonment by their fai and muni, and victimizatn their schools—sad reali that place this group of young people at a heightened risk of enterg the school-to-prison pipele.

Dpe the disproportnately high rat of gay and transgenr youth enterg the juvenile jtice system, our natn’s schools, law enforcement officers, district attorneys, judg, and juvenile fenrs are not equipped to manage the unique experienc and challeng that the young people face.