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Rickie Blue-Sky is just one of many prisoners who have experienced anti-trans discrimination in their parole hearings. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)At Rickie Blue-Sky's last parole hearing, a deputy district attorney used Blue-Sky's gender identity as a trans man to argue that he continued to be a danger to society. It's one case among others that suggest systemic anti-trans discrimination in the parole process.
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