Major! Page #2
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- 2015
- 95 min
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Well what we do is that
we work on trying to get rid
of the abuses and the suffering
that transgender women
of color go through
in the prison system.
It started with Alex Lee,
he saw and noticed the abuses
that were going on when
he was going to law school,
and then he started TIP
and then from that it evolved
into this, as things
went on and changed.
and just worked with him a lot.
When he left I became
the executive director.
So the exciting thing
for us was,
we were the first Black
transgender ran organization
that was involved
with social justice.
Don't many trans women
once they're released
into an agency that advocates
for prisoners.
So it's a challenge trying
to get people involved.
But Major is very persistent.
Very nagging.
And every time she see you:
Queen!
We need to talk girl.
I know you just got out,
you're trying to get
your life together,
stuff's going on for you
and all that, but you need
to come back over here,
help read some of these letters,
talk to some people
who are still there.
So prisons are basically
a concentrated torture situation
for a lot of trans women.
I was ridiculed.
I was raped by the inmates
and the officers
who worked the penitentiary.
the prison
then they feel like
they can disrespect us too.
People will pass you around,
people will buy you
and sell you, without
you even knowing it.
I myself, I've never been
to prison, but I've been
in jail a few times.
And once that doors slams,
it's open season,
you know you're a marked person.
They don't want to give you
your hormones if you're
a transgender woman.
They don't want to keep you
away from the people
who want to rape us
because we're easy prey.
So, numerically I think
there are more people
who fall under the umbrella
non-conforming who are actually
sitting in prison
or jail because
their gender presentation,
their gender identity
makes it hard for them
to participate
When you can't get a legal job,
you have to turn to street
economics in order to survive.
You still have to survive.
We have to be housed and fed
and clothed.
I think there's this
huge myth
and rapists, and people
to be scared of" and it's
our brothers, our sisters,
our aunties
and it's everyone in between.
If rehabilitation or ability
to succeed in this world
is really your goal,
in differ
The number of people
incarcerated in the U.S.
has increased 500%
in the past 30 years.
And so people are being
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