by Victoria Law | Jun 27, 2026 | California, Federal Bureau of Prisons, LGBTQ, New Jersey, New York, News, Sexual Harassment, trans prisoners, Trans Rights
“I am the ONLY female being held in a male prison here in New Jersey all because I am transgender,” Gia Valentina told Truthout. In January 2026, after years of requesting the procedure, Valentina had vaginoplasty, a gender-affirming surgery that creates a vagina and vulva. She was hoping that the procedure would allow her to be moved to Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, New Jersey’s sole…
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by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Jun 26, 2026 | Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, MeToo, News, Sexual Harassment, whistleblower
A former Facebook policy executive is suing parent company Meta to overturn an order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her memoir detailing the sexual harassment she faced as an employee. Sarah Wynn-Williams, who worked as director of global public policy at Facebook from 2011 to 2017, filed the suit in a U.S. district court in California on Thursday.
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by Kwaneta Harris | Feb 20, 2026 | Abolition, dehumanization, Media, Misogyny, Op-Ed, Patriarchy, Prisons, Sexual Harassment
Most true crime media is consumed by women, some of whom may be watching because they relate to the true crime genre’s victims. But another group of true crime junkies has different motives for watching: men looking to connect with incarcerated women. True crime media has manufactured a uniquely degrading pipeline: Women convicted of crimes become involuntary performers in a spectacle that…
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