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Culture War Roundup for the week of May 18, 2026

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transgendered Americans

What really was the killer point was that it was not about "transgendered Americans" alone, it was about "people who are not American citizens, who are here illegally, and/or who committed crimes serious enough to be put in jail, and then decide that now he is she so you, American taxpayer, have to pay for a criminal non-citizen to get elective cosmetic surgery".

Kamala wanted to prove her progressive chops back in 2019? Fine, talk about the struggles of transgender Americans. Do not be dumb enough to run your head into the noose of "so some guy is sentenced to prison, decides that now he's really a woman, and wants the State to pay for his operation(s). Yes or no?" and go "Absolutely! 100%! And if they're an illegal alien on top of that, better again!"

Of course, that gentle persecuted woman in the linked case has done nothing at all to even pretend to be female, but shush. She is a real woman because she says so!

As far as outwardly identifying as anything, I never felt the need. To this day I don’t. My gender identity is mine and mine alone. I’m a natural born athlete. I played sports when I was young. I’m 6 feet, I’m 220 pounds, I am who I am. I never felt the need to wear lipstick or wear tight clothing or try to change my voice or any of the things that people who are trying to put me in a box have done. Because generally if you express that you are a woman or that you identify as a woman in men’s prison, everything is sexualized. And it’s sexualized in a fashion that suggests what your sexuality should be. So simply because I identify as a woman, 99.9 percent of the people would assume I’m interested in men. I wasn’t looking for a boyfriend, ever. Not in life, not in men’s prison, not now, not never.

Gender dysphoria and gender identity are in my medical and mental health records. My psychologist before I came to CCWF, he understood. He gave me all the information that I didn’t have about SB 132. If I want CDCR to address me correctly and house me correctly, then I have to tell them what my identity is, but I don’t have to tell them what my sexuality is, and they don’t have a right to know. These issues get tied together here though, due to stereotypes and misconceptions.

...When my doctor told me about SB 132, I asked for a transfer, and we had to get the court order changed to send me here.

Of course, I imagined all type of safety, I imagined all type of freedom. Where I was at, my gender identity and who I am as a person was only my business. I had to live my life a certain way for my safety. And coming here, I imagined being able to just be myself without having to worry about being attacked, being put in a box, assumptions being made about anything about me. But from my very first day, when I got to R&R, the warden had a whole cavalry there for me. The warden, associate warden, ISU (investigative services unit), they was all there to talk to me. They said, we don’t think you should be here. But the law is the law so you’re here. It really felt like they wanted to intimidate me.

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