Adam Rhodes

Adam Rhodes

Adam Rhodes is an investigative journalist whose work primarily focuses on queer people and the criminal legal system. They currently work as a training director at Investigative Reporters and Editors

8 posts
Trump administration omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Trump administration omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports

The Department of Justice’s long-awaited reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed its plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says

A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
In under a year, Trump administration has threatened decades of progress in global fight against HIV/AIDS
Gender & LGBTQIA+

In under a year, Trump administration has threatened decades of progress in global fight against HIV/AIDS

From defunding federal programs to slashing global aid, few have done as much damage to public health as Trump has

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10 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
Less than a year into the Trump administration, queer-serving organizations are pushed to the brink
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Less than a year into the Trump administration, queer-serving organizations are pushed to the brink

The Rainbow Youth Project, the Trevor Project, and other groups providing mental health services to LGBTQIA+ youth report a massive rise in need

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8 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
After some states repeal HIV criminalization, activists hope to continue momentum
Gender & LGBTQIA+

After some states repeal HIV criminalization, activists hope to continue momentum

North Dakota and Maryland became the fourth and fifth states to completely repeal laws that make it a crime to expose someone to HIV without their knowledge

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5 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody
Gender & LGBTQIA+

ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody

Advocates say the lack of data hampers efforts to ensure people’s safety as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detentions

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
people sitting on the floor linking arms in front of a banner that reads "Trump and Rubio killing people with AIDS worldwide"
Gender & LGBTQIA+

Activists fighting HIV criminalization laws say they’ve lost federal government as partner

The Biden administration sued Tennessee over targeting people living with HIV, most of whom were Black, but Trump has canceled potential future efforts in other states

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes
Trans women in New Jersey prisons say they’re forced to self-mutilate for gender-affirming surgeries
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Trans women in New Jersey prisons say they’re forced to self-mutilate for gender-affirming surgeries

Faced with threats of harassment, violence, and assault, incarcerated trans women have been pushed to self-harm amid delays in necessary medical care

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5 Min
By: Adam Rhodes

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