De facto punishment of transgender individuals in the penal system.

[BarstowCowboy]

6. I respect that your opinion comes from experience

I respect that your opinion comes from experience.

Where I take exception with your view is the idea that ftm trans gender persons can't necessarily defend themselves against cisgender men. This view seems to be predicated upon the notion that ALL cisgender men are stronger than all transgender men, just as the arguments against allowing females to serve in combat units are predicated upon the notion that all men are stronger than all women. This is a false assumption. Two women just proved that by completing Ranger training, which not all men are strong enough to do.

If a mtf transgender person comes to prison now, their choices are to live with cisgender men and risk assault, or go to solitary confinement and risk the mental health issues that can arise from living in those conditions, EVEN though they've done nothing to merit being placed in solitary confinement. That is real discrimination based on gender identity. I'm not saying that transgender people should be forced to live with the gender they have transitioned to, but shouldn't it be an option?