A federal appellate court ruled last week that Oregon may house trans women inmates in men’s prisons, overturning a lower court’s ruling earlier this year.

The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals consisted exclusively of Donald Trump appointees. They voted unanimously to overturn an April ruling from U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke ordering the Oregon Department of Corrections to assume that trans women prisoners should be housed in women’s prisons, and then assess individual cases to confirm that placement, not the other way around.

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    4 days ago

    In Spanish it’s called “cambio de sexo”. What’s the correct translation? Google says it’s “sex change”.

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      Unsure, honestly. Gender and sex are distinct concepts in English. “Sex change” refers to the physical surgery.

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        In documents (like in a passport) the field is called ‘Sex’ so when someone is changing it they are still “changing sex”, right? That’s what I would think, no idea thought.