Prison Sexuality - Prison Rape, Stephen Donaldson, Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Lgbt People in Prison, Prison Rape in the United States (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Prison rape, Stephen Donaldson, Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, LGBT people in prison, Prison rape in the United States, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons, Conjugal visit, Just Detention International, Farmer v. Brennan, Don't Drop the Soap, Falconer. Excerpt: Stephen Donaldson (July 27, 1946 - July 18, 1996), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American bisexual-identified LGBT political activist. He is best known for his pioneering activism in gay liberation and prison reform, but also for his writing about punk rock and subculture. The son of a career naval officer, Donaldson spent his early childhood in different seaport cities in the eastern United States and in Germany. Donaldson later described his father Robert, the son of Italian and German immigrants, as a man who "frowned on display of emotion" and his mother Lois as "an English, Scottish Texan, artistic, free-spirited, emotional, impulsive." After his parents' divorce in 1953 when he was seven years old, Donaldson's mother was diagnosed with the mental disorder porphyria and abandoned her two sons. She did not contact them again until 1964. At age 12, Donaldson was expelled from the Boy Scouts for consensual sexual behavior with other boys (who, as recipients, were not punished). "The disgrace triggered a family crisis, resolved by sending the boy to live in Germany, where he could be watched over by his stepmother's relatives." He continued homosexual activity, hiding it from adults. "In April 1962, at the age of fifteen, Donny returned to the United States to live with his grandparents in West Long Branch, New Jersey. In high school he was news editor of the school paper, an actor, and a student government officer. He also became active in politics as...