Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition

Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non—conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex. Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics for a new understanding of how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity. Through a politic of gender self—determination, this collection argues that trans/ queer liberation and prison abolition must be gro...