Beyond Do No Harm Principles Session #8: Identification Documents & Criminalization
Join other health care and public health workers, and organizers working toward interrupting criminalization in the medical-industrial complex. This session's topics focus on BDNH Principle #4, how health care providers can end the practice of calling police on suspicion of fraudulent identification documents.
Speakers: Sydelle O'Brien from Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Diana Perez-Ramirez from Latinx Therapists Action Network, Lynly Egyes from Transgender Law Center, as well as Gabriel Arkles and Jack Einstein from Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Event Recording
Image id: Interrupting Criminalization’s Beyond Do No Harm “IDs and Criminalization” Sept 22, 2023. First heading: “How are IDs Related to Criminalization? Mismatched ID: Trans People who ID is mismatched from gender expression, 1 in 50 trans people who show mismatched IDs get physically attacked because of it, rate is 3x higher for Black folks. Black migrants who go by a name different than birth name. No ID - avoiding seeking care out of fear —> higher rates of ER visits. Lesser known forms of ID —> example, consular ID —> denial of care, harassment and criminalization. Next section: What can I do as a care provider? Interpersonal: Do not question folks’ IDs and/or gender, use right name and pronouns, advocate for patients to insurance provideres, support by signing off on name change, gender marker documentation. Structural campaigns: hospital protocol - higher navigators to support folks seeking care, campaign for more recognition of expansive forms of ID, create privacy for convos, be sure to build with grassroots community.