Exploring The Impacts Of Policing on Transgender Women In Chicago
Location
Golden Eagles
Department
Justice Studies
Abstract
Transgender women are marginalized and often rejected by families, possible employers, and society in general. Stigma in society is pervasive and adversity experienced by transgender (trans) women often comes in the form of being mistaken for sex workers or actually being arrested as sex workers by police. As a result, transgender women are often wrongfully accused of sex work and incarcerated at disproportionate rates compared to the general population. Policies designed to prevent discrimination against transgender women, such as Chicago’s Transgender Intersex Gender Nonconforming (TIGN) policy, are often not implemented. This qualitative study seeks to explore the effects of police discrimination and brutality against transgender women who are mistaken for or actually working as sex workers. Semi-structured, individual interviews will be conducted with a purposive sample of transgendered women. Intersectional Framework analysis will be used to identify key themes, patterns within themes between participants, and patterns across themes among participants. This data will provide the foundation to support the development and implementation of policies within law enforcement to reduce with the goal of preventing discrimination against transgender women and other marginalized populations.
Faculty Sponsor
June Terpstra, Northeastern Illinois University
Exploring The Impacts Of Policing on Transgender Women In Chicago
Golden Eagles
Transgender women are marginalized and often rejected by families, possible employers, and society in general. Stigma in society is pervasive and adversity experienced by transgender (trans) women often comes in the form of being mistaken for sex workers or actually being arrested as sex workers by police. As a result, transgender women are often wrongfully accused of sex work and incarcerated at disproportionate rates compared to the general population. Policies designed to prevent discrimination against transgender women, such as Chicago’s Transgender Intersex Gender Nonconforming (TIGN) policy, are often not implemented. This qualitative study seeks to explore the effects of police discrimination and brutality against transgender women who are mistaken for or actually working as sex workers. Semi-structured, individual interviews will be conducted with a purposive sample of transgendered women. Intersectional Framework analysis will be used to identify key themes, patterns within themes between participants, and patterns across themes among participants. This data will provide the foundation to support the development and implementation of policies within law enforcement to reduce with the goal of preventing discrimination against transgender women and other marginalized populations.