Despite prevention and treatment, women are still dying all over the country from AIDS. Reproductive rights are limited and have obstacles that affect women poor, black and those in transition.
Reminds me of a story a few decades back of a man who had finished transitioning but ended up with life in prison. He was raped several times a day and was treated horribly because he was now considered a woman locked down and surrounded by hundreds of sexually deprived men. After contracting the HIV over time with a lawyer was able to be transferred to a women's prison to save his life. There he was officially classified as a female and received a lot of reproductive and medical rights he wouldn't dream of qualifying for as a man. Being that he was a lifer it took them twelve years for this process but this issue brought attention to Congress who in turn advanced the quality of healthcare for women inmates which were non-existent years. Even then it took a man becoming a woman to bring attention women's rights as an incarcerated person. There are many women who are pregnant during their conviction and conceive during incarceration from guards and conjugal visits. So just because a woman is imprisoned her basic health needs as a woman do not go away. Thanks to this guy’s transition into being a female opened the doors for an overlooked community of women to be served with healthcare needs. So seems like the luxury of becoming a woman is a step up from being born a woman but that’s a whole other blog topic.
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