http://restorefairness.org/2009/11/esmeralda-a-transgender-asylum-seeker-speaks-out-against-immigration-detention/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:08:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://restorefairness.org/2009/11/esmeralda-a-transgender-asylum-seeker-speaks-out-against-immigration-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Esmerelda: An Asylum Seeker Speaks Out Against Immigration Detention « Questioning Transphobia Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:26 +0000 http://restorefairness.org/?p=2029#comment-216 [...] a comment » Restore Fairness has a post up about Esmerelda, a trans woman who was detained in dehumanizing, discriminatory conditions while [...] [...] a comment » Restore Fairness has a post up about Esmerelda, a trans woman who was detained in dehumanizing, discriminatory conditions while [...]

]]> http://restorefairness.org/2009/11/esmeralda-a-transgender-asylum-seeker-speaks-out-against-immigration-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-190 When Systems of Oppression Intersect Part II: Transphobia and the Immigration System | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:06:40 +0000 http://restorefairness.org/?p=2029#comment-190 [...] Restore Fairness has a post about Esmeralda, a trans woman from Mexico who came to the US to seek asylum, only to endure sexual abuse in an American immigration detention centre.  Her story, like many others, speaks to the way that the immigration system intersects with other forms of oppression, often in an unspeakably cruel and dehumanising way. [...] [...] Restore Fairness has a post about Esmeralda, a trans woman from Mexico who came to the US to seek asylum, only to endure sexual abuse in an American immigration detention centre.  Her story, like many others, speaks to the way that the immigration system intersects with other forms of oppression, often in an unspeakably cruel and dehumanising way. [...]

]]> http://restorefairness.org/2009/11/esmeralda-a-transgender-asylum-seeker-speaks-out-against-immigration-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Trangender Asylee Speaks Out About Immigrant Detention | Prerna Lal Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:03:12 +0000 http://restorefairness.org/?p=2029#comment-188 [...] voice of courage and take action now to fix a broken detention system. Crossposted from Restore Fairness Tags: detention, [...] [...] voice of courage and take action now to fix a broken detention system. Crossposted from Restore Fairness Tags: detention, [...]

]]> http://restorefairness.org/2009/11/esmeralda-a-transgender-asylum-seeker-speaks-out-against-immigration-detention/comment-page-1/#comment-175 From Marriage, to Health, to Immigration : Where are the Transgender Latinas? | VivirLatino Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:08:39 +0000 http://restorefairness.org/?p=2029#comment-175 [...] It is within the accepted narrative for Latin America to be transphobic but in the U.S. the abuse and denial of basic rights is rarely even on the radar especially when it comes to immigration. In fact in a conversation i had just last week on the issue of who are Latina immigrants, there was an attempt, I felt by the other to paint transgender Latinas as outsiders or “one-offs” in the Latina immigrant community rather than an essential and regular part of it. It is attitudes such as this that create an atmosphere that is ripe for further abuse especially within the already unjust immigrant detention system. [...] [...] It is within the accepted narrative for Latin America to be transphobic but in the U.S. the abuse and denial of basic rights is rarely even on the radar especially when it comes to immigration. In fact in a conversation i had just last week on the issue of who are Latina immigrants, there was an attempt, I felt by the other to paint transgender Latinas as outsiders or “one-offs” in the Latina immigrant community rather than an essential and regular part of it. It is attitudes such as this that create an atmosphere that is ripe for further abuse especially within the already unjust immigrant detention system. [...]

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