Man Learns That Prison May Not Be The Right Place to Announce He's Transgender
A so-called “transgender” woman (or guy who thinks he’s a woman) who’s serving a 10-year sentence in an Illinois state prison filed a lawsuit last year demanding he be transferred to a women’s prison for his safety and well-being.
According to The Associated Press, in his suit, convicted burglar Deon “Strawberry” Hampton claimed both prison guards and fellow inmates mistreated him because of his status as a “transgender” woman.
“While at the Pinckneyville prison, (he) alleges that guards made (him) and another transgender inmate perform sex acts on each other as the guards hurled slurs and laughed,” the AP reported. “When (he) was transferred to the higher security Menard, (he) says guards there warned they would retaliate for complaints (he) made about Pinckneyville guards.”
Let me point out that the guards’ alleged behavior is deplorable, and they should be punished to the full extent of the law if Hampton’s claims prove to be true.
That said, something else from the AP’s report caught my eye. The publisher noted that not being able to wear his hair or nails long has been damaging to Hampton psychologically.
“I feel inhuman,” he was quoted as saying.
It seems clear from this quote that Hampton has sought to present himself as a woman while incarcerated first at the Pinckneyville Correctional Center and then later at the Menard Correctional Center.
In other words, Hampton has made no efforts to concealing his mental illness, despite knowing he must serve time in prison facilities chockablock with murderers, drug dealers, rapists and other sinister thugs.
A couple questions come to mind. Should Hampton have concealed his identity for his own safety? Some would argue yes, because pretending to be a woman around a bunch of libidinous goons is never a wise idea. Others would say no, because Hampton should be allowed to present himself as he chooses.
Here’s a better question: Should the courts grant his request to be transferred to a women’s prison. While that might sound reasonable to liberals, I already see some huge problems with that:
After authorities in Missouri incarcerated another “transgender” woman in a women’s facility last year, that inmate then got caught engaging in sexual activity with his fellow female inmates, as reported at the time by St. Louis station KTVI.
Resolving situations like these clearly isn’t always as easy as it sounds, though this complexity should be expected. I mean, that’s kind of what happens when you sprinkle leftist-concocted concepts about race, gender, whatever, onto society.
The point is that you can’t just mess with the laws of nature and expect everything to turn out OK. For millennia, men have been men, and women have been women. And now, thanks to so-called “progressivism” run amok, we’re supposed to believe people can switch from one to another.
When you screw up society like this, problems usually arise. And in this case, the problem is that we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.
We can either keep Hampton in a men’s prison and risk him being abused further, or we can transgender him to a women’s prison and risk him having sex with or even raping one of the women there.
Which choice would you make?
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