Different states have different rules for trans prisoners, but they mostly end up assigned to prisons that match their birth sex. It can be a dire battle to get a (particularly MTFs) trans prisoner into even a segregated ward, much less into a women's prison. It's also highly variable by state and institution whether…

Because their individual act is part of a societies-wide sexual violence epidemic and contributes to a culture where rape is a punchline while rape kit backlogs pile up in most major cities in the US. It's not just about the kids, who are fine, so chill out. It's about sending a message that there are major social…

Shut the fuck up. No woman needs a condescending lecture from an idiot man on birth control. If you're so worried about it, strap on a fucking condom like a grown up, stop being so entitled to consequence-free sex, and hold up your end.

Thanks Kat. It's such a relief when the writers and mods take this shit seriously. I emailed help@gawker about white supremacist StigmondClarkson who's been derailing anything and everything pertaining to race for weeks, and just got basically a shrug and "Trolls, amirite?" in reply. I'll never understand sites that…

It's clear you know nothing about the NHS, so maybe lay off the bizarre conspiracy theories.

You're absolutely right. Young LGBT people should keep the abuse and violence they suffer at home private. Keep it to yourselves, kids, we don't want to know.

My anecdotal experience is backed by science. Sorry you don't know how to google shit, welcome to the internet.

http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/studie…

Yeah but your use of "self-medicating" is unnecessarily pejorative. Anyone who uses cannabis for their health is likely to be "self-medicating" as there are very few doctors in the US or elsewhere who actively prescribe and oversee the use of cannabis in their patients. Even in CA, all I ever did was visit a shady…

The difference is alcohol has no medicinal benefit. Cannabis can treat the symptoms of depression and anxiety, they certainly do for me. I've also taken pharmaceuticals and done plenty of counselling. They're all good options, even better in combination.

The longest and largest study of cannabis smokers proves there's no connection between weed and lung cancer or COPD. Smoking cannabis is associated with a slight increase in lung function.

Policing as an institution is just rotten from the ground up and I say that as someone who's been researching this shit for four years. It's so fucked in so many dimensions, from race to class to gender to its economic role in enforcing capitalism to its political role in repressing social change. I don't know where…

Wait for it, it won't be long before we have the Inverse Occam's Razor crew in here, assuring us that it's far more likely that White defied physics—up to and including making a handgun appear and disappear—than that police lie after they kill black people.

Police disproportionately kill racial minorities and disabled people. It's an epidemic. So yeah, you're going to see reports on the people they kill the most.

Because a "case by case" basis is just another way of ignoring the fact that police kill black, brown, and disabled people with gusto. There's a pattern, dude.

Okay sweetie.

So you understand how government functions, but you're still whining that private entities have every right and interest in making sure they're not platforms for hate speech and violent rhetoric. You understand the first amendment has nothing to do with what you're pissing and moaning about, yet you continue to cite…

First Amendment only applies to the government, not privately owned social media sites. When the government comes around to tell you you can't mock rape victims anymore, then we'll listen to your petulant whining.

While more cameras may help, there's a very real danger here of being diverted from structural critiques of the police by shiny technology. The mere presence of cameras does not magically make cops stop being racist and violent. As long as the police control the cameras and the data they produce, nothing much will…

Please ignore if I'm telling you shit you already know, but literally no doctor told me about this medication until I was like 27. Have you ever tried mefenamic acid? It's just an NSAID but it thins the lining of your uterus and can majorly reduce cramps, especially if your periods tend to be clotty. I'd been taking…

Many trans and queer people have found themselves engaging in stereotypically hyper masculine or hyper feminine activities for a number of reasons. Usually it's some combo of trying to dispel any doubt in themselves or others about their sexuality or gender, and/or trying to "fix" what's "wrong" with them by…