One of [Ed Mead's] more notable efforts was Men Against Sexism (MAS), a group of "tough faggots" who forcibly stopped the buying and selling of prisoners by prisoners for the purpose of sexual exploitation [violent pimping of weaker prisoners by stronger ones] in Walla Walla. During the group’s zenith in 1978, MAS proved so effective that a feminine male prisoner could wear a dress around without threat of violence. MAS backed up their work with homemade grenades, single-shot rifles, and a willingness to die to stop prisoner-on-prisoner rape. "Of all the political work that I’ve done," says Mead, Men Against Sexism is what I’m most proud of."
- Daniel Burton-Rose
Walla Walla State Pen
1977 or 1978
from Feminisnt
7 comments:
Interesting DTG. I had never heard of the George Jackson Brigade. Or MAS.
????? what is this story?? that's amazing!
Andrew: to be honest, neither had I until I ran across that blog and photos.
Screamish: did you follow the link? Amazing stuff indeed.
I've never heard of it either, but cool.
Wow.
Fascinating link.
I know people who read it regularly, but I just sort of ran across it while google searching something else.
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