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‘I just wanted them to see me’: Intersectional stigma and the health consequences of segregating Black, HIV+ transwomen in prison in the US state of Georgia

Pages 1019-1039 | Received 02 Oct 2019, Accepted 10 May 2020, Published online: 23 Jun 2020

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