Autumn Sandeen Letter To Obama

[Guest Alex is Alex]

I urge you to read this letter to President Obama writen by Autumn Sandeen in regards to her treatment as a transsexual detainee by the Park Police in response to handcuffing herself to the White House fence along with 5 other LGBT service members/veterans.

It is a very interesting read and I feel very relevant to this section of the forum

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15940/...ator-it-or-shim

[Guest Batsu Maru Otoko Yo!]

Grrrrr.

Crossposting to Facebook because it needs to be done.

[Carolyn Marie]

Yes, Alex, I agree its an outstanding, necessary letter. I think it was mentioned in another topic recently, but it doesn't hurt to give it more

exposure.

In addition to the letter, I hope she files a formal complaint with the Park Service or Capitol Police, or whomever, as well as considers a lawsuit.

The officers were rude beyond words, unfeeling, and unprofessional. No excuse, none, nada, zip.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Alex is Alex]

She posted another blog topic yesterday about the treatment of Trans people in jail that is also another depressing read but more facts that NEED to be known. I had never really though about the implications of going to jail. I had though about the implications of transsexuals in other non-coed environments, but jail is kind of THE gender segregated environment. One more reason to strive to keep my nose clean and never get sent to jail...

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15968/...eople-and-jails

[Carolyn Marie]

I used to work in a large metropolitan police department. We did, at least, have rules about booking

and incarceration of TG arrestees. If an arrestee had SRS, they were booked in the female section of

the jail. If not, regardless of whether they were on HRT or had a carry letter, they were booked in

the men's section. We didn't, at the time, have a policy about FtM's, probably because it had never

come up. I also believe they were kept seperate from the general jail population, the same as with

self-identified Gay and Lesbian prisoners.

I haven't worked there for years, and don't know if the policy has been updated. Policy or not, it

wouldn't keep TG arrestees from being harassed, intimidated and humiliated. I hope things have

changed, but wouldn't bet on it.

Carolyn Marie