09/23/2026
Safety should not mean isolation. Protection should not come at the cost of a person’s dignity.
In our latest blog, Maya Daniels (they/them), Local Policy Initiatives Organizer with the The TransLatin@ Coalition, breaks down what advocacy for transgender, gender-expansive, and intersex (TGI) communities looks like — from the violence and neglect TGI people face inside L.A. County jails, to the two-year fight for access to the K6G unit at Men’s Central Jail, to the $7 million in Care First Community Investment funding now supporting 13 TGI-led and TGI-serving organizations across the county.
“We are experts in our own experiences.”
Because the goal was never to make incarceration more comfortable. The goal is and remains a care first, jails last future where our communities have what they need to thrive outside of cages. 🏳️‍⚧️
🔗 Read the post at reimagine.la/stories or comment “BLOG” and we’ll DM you the link!