Three transgender people, Gabriela Amaya Cruz, Christian Pallidine, and Ángel Jae Torres Bucci, filed suit in federal court against Miami-Dade County for abuse they suffered while in county custody after being arrested at protests for Black lives in 2020. They have filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida to ensure that Miami-Dade County's policies regarding the health, safety, and dignity of transgender people in county jails are brought to meet the standards required by the Constitution and state and federal law. Correctional staff undertook illegal strip searches, called them degrading and humiliating names such as “it,” ”hermaphrodite” and “woman . . . with a d---,” addressed and referenced them using the wrong gender pronouns, threatened their safety, manhandled and physically hurt them, forced them to remove personal accessories that aligned with their gender, isolated them in solitary cells, denied them medical treatment, and required them to wear clothing associated with the wrong gender in order to be freed from jail.
Trans Protesters Sue Miami-Dade County For Violating Their Civil Rights While In Custody
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