united states correctional facility

Washington State has recently begun transferring violent men - men convicted of rape, sexual depravity, and femicide - who “self-identify” as women to the state’s only female correctional facility in Pierce County. One of these men has already violently raped a vulnerable female inmate in the mental health ward. Another man was suspected of undergoing gender reassignment in order to avoid prosecution for his crimes (he was ultimately convicted of murdering three female sex workers); his “identification” as a woman and transfer to a female correctional facility is now giving him unprecedented access to vulnerable inmates and female guards where he has already engaged in sexual misconduct and attempted rape. Yet another transferred man was convicted of the rape of a 12 year old girl.

According to guards, 150+ men are in line to be transferred to the female correctional facility by the state, simply because they proclaim to be women. Concerned citizens who have filed Public Records Requests to try to get information from the state Department of Corrections are now being sued by the Washington ACLU to block their access to any information about the presence of men being housed with vulnerable women who literally cannot escape them.

Washington State and Jay Inslee (the governor) apparently believe the interests of men, even men who are convicted sexual predators, outweigh the rights of women to be safe and unviolated in their persons.

[*Moderator's note: here is an article about the prison rape, and here is an article about the ACLU's suppression of the information request].

#unitedstates #piercecounty #prisons #correctionalfacility #rape #sexualviolence #maleviolence #safeguarding #safety #womensrights

lesbian social support groups

About 15 years ago, before the current trans politics became so powerful, I came out as a lesbian and attended several organised social gatherings and support groups. Already there were trans-identified males turning up and taking part as "lesbians" and no one said anything, I think because women are so socialised to be nice. The males' behaviour was mostly ok, but just having them there made me uncomfortable and changed the vibe, it just wasn't a lesbian group any more. One male was severely mentally ill and treated the group as his personal therapy session which was exhausting and off putting for women who came there just wanting to meet each other. I'm sure things are much much worse now. I have a lesbian friend who was tricked into a date with a male and felt too scared / embarrassed to leave. It's a green light for creeps.

#australia #lesbians #supportgroups #socialsupport #socialisedpoliteness #femininesocialization

unisex toilets in library

In the past few months so many places have turned their bathrooms over to "gender neutral" that I have found myself on a number of occasions having to use these unisex toilets.

Men and women use toilets differently, it's just a fact. Women generally sit down, men generally stand up. Even the smell of urine is different. The ghastly odor that hits you as you walk into the Unisex toilets at Marrickville library is the first thing you notice - men have splashed everywhere and women are expected to wade through it. It's vile.

It's not just the toilets there though, it's the unisex toilets everywhere I have been - they all smell the same, they all have the same issues of men's piss all over the floor and women having to wade through it all. Then there are the issues of sanitary bins, having men outside in the shared wash stand areas when women are trying to wash blood out of clothing, rinse out menstrual cups etc. It has certainly made me look for any way to avoid using unisex toilets and suggesting that we are just being "fussy" is unreasonable. It is not comfortable to be trying to do makeup in mirrors where men are also in the room, and the overwhelming smell is just rank.

In the case of the Marrickville Library, it now also means that children and adults are using the same toilets and there have been a number of issues regards child safeguarding because of this. Children traditionally go into the women's toilets where they are safer. Now they go into the unisex toilets where men also have a reason to go.

The end of this madness cannot come soon enough.

#australia #marrickville #library #toilets #bathrooms #unisex #privacy #dignity #cleanliness