Drag queen files $20 million lawsuit after being sent to women’s prison
A Nashville drag queen who was convicted of felony theft in 2011 is suing for $20 million dollars after prison officials sent him to two women’s prisons. Carla Brenner, who was born a man but dresses in women’s clothing, claims he was sexually assaulted in the showers by female prisoners when they discovered he had male genitalia.
“The big hair, the makeup, I am an entertainer — a drag queen,” said Brenner. “That basically means a man who enjoys dressing as a woman. It’s not a woman. I have no intention on being a woman… never, ever have.”
Brenner’s attorney argues that Tennessee prison officials should have known he was a man. Brenner was examined by a doctor from the Nashville Metro Health Department and again at Corrections Corporation of America after he was arrested for shoplifting in 2011.
Brenner says the doctors determined he was a female. “How can you not tell a vagina from a penis? They had me get on the table and examined me and everything,” said Brenner.
But prison officials told WSMV-TV that Brenner ticked the box identifying himself as a female on the prison admissions forms. Officials say they deal with the sensitive issue of housing transgender prisoners by placing them with the sex that they identify as.
“Our goal is always to house inmates in the safest environment possible. This includes a professional, individual assessment of both the risk factors of their own unique circumstances and the safety needs of those around them,” Corrections Corporation of America said in a statement.
But Brenner and his attorney disagree.
“My life was hell,” said Brenner. “I was strip searched completely naked with the women. I was sexually assaulted on two separate occasions in the showers by women, said Brenner.
Brenner’s lawyer, Jim Roberts, claims prison officials deliberately said his client was a woman to “do it the easy way.”
They said ‘We will lie to everybody and say she is a female,’ even though they knew she was a male the entire time,” said Roberts.
“When Metro takes shortcuts like that people get hurt, people get killed and people’s rights get violated,” he added.
Brenner said his experience almost drove him to kill himself.
“I survived it through the grace of God, because it was hell. I had contemplated suicide. It was horrible,” Brenner said.
I guess he thinks his life would have been easier if they sent him to a men’s prison?
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claims he was sexually assaulted in the showers by female prisoners when they discovered he had male genitalia.
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Hell anything is worth a try,I wish i had something to sue for, #NOTboutthisLYFE (work)
I wonder if he’ll win
Is that Waka Flaka mama? Oh it’s not?
You betta getcho life Ms holiday heart
he know he was enjoying Daicking down them females in the shower. Talking about they sexually assualted him. GTFOH with that bull. And you want 20million bish please. If he was in with the men it would’ve been a problem too. Visualizing the women strong arming the daick from him. lol
“claims he was sexually assaulted in the showers by female prisoners when they discovered he had male genitalia.”
Sexual assault is no laughing matter but…
*repents*
Morning FeFe and LuV
Boy/girl bye. If he would have been sent to a men’s prison, he would have more than likely gotten raped.
morning @ireally
I think he would have been safer with the women. He would have been a prime target in the men’s prison
This is why I can never take this sh*t seriously: “The big hair, the makeup, I am an entertainer — a drag queen,” said Brenner. “That basically means a man who enjoys dressing as a woman. It’s not a woman. I have no intention on being a woman… never, ever have.”
if he wants to be a damn woman, he’s gonna get raped by women. if he wants to be a man, he’s going to get raped by men. now, which way does he want to go?
Maaaaaan listen, he better be happy he was with the females.
Milky that baby in your gravi is gorgeous
Unpredix!
LuV Chile I be tryna catch up but y’all a*ses be 300 comments deep lol #aintnobodygottimeforthat. I lurk. Unpre is probably still running form those deer that be tryna mug her!
OOORaaallleee.. WTF is that ese
Oh the fukkery…
Morning everybody..
free says:
if he wants to be a damn woman, he’s gonna get raped by women. if he wants to be a man, he’s going to get raped by men. now, which way does he want to go?
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This Mofo was gonna sue either way,wether he was put in w/women OR men whatevers…
Sh!t I guess he wanted to be a drag queen in the MALE prison.. He got cheated out.. THAt’s what that mofuka mad about
Ididntreallymeanit says:
Milky that baby in your gravi is gorgeous
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thx that’s my little sweetie pie
@Bibi
Morning.
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
luVn_liFe… says:
heyyyyy Free,did you see Sally Sruthers was arrested for dui.when I read that yesterday i thought about ur LiL sister in the third world country
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what lil sis?
MaMaCita says:
LOL Okay!! glad to see you when ya do come
Unpre is probably still running form those deer that be tryna mug her
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BiBi babes
First you want to be recognized as a woman and then you dont.
Either way, you still look all kinds of fugged up.
Y’all think maybe he’d prefer to get sexually assaulted by men instead.
He won’t win this case aint no one giving him $20 Milli he offended the public by confusing us!
Hey Bibi
Ladies, look downstairs for my duck question
#curious
Choco
Sorry for your loss… (lurking this week)
Hey Milky, Unpre, Bibi, Lakes, FeFe, Honey, and Mamacita
with the confused souls statement
free says:
says: heyyyyy Free,did you see Sally Sruthers was arrested for dui.when I read that yesterday i thought about ur LiL sister in the third world country
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what lil sis?
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It wasnt you that told us about the adopted child from the “christian childrens fund,ur dad adopted??
YSoSrs says:
Morning.
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
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exactly!!
YSoSrs says:
Morning.
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
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i can’t see dacks walking around in a woman’s prison nor more than i can see vags walking around in men’s prison. the thought is kinda scary. once you’ve modified your genitals, then you ought to go to the place where your fellow genitals are.
they were attacking that meat
oh jaysus why is that so funny to me, the visual 
HoooLa
YallCrazy; Choco how are you feeling today 
YSoSrs says:
Morning.
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
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I didn’t know that that mindset also applied to jail though
I know about at the job but at jail?!
luVn_liFe… says:
free says:
says: heyyyyy Free,did you see Sally Sruthers was arrested for dui.when I read that yesterday i thought about ur LiL sister in the third world country
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what lil sis?
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It wasnt you that told us about the adopted child from the “christian childrens fund,ur dad adopted??
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nope but sounds interesting!
@Choco Exactly! You can’t have it both ways. If he checked female on his forms then HE is to blame.
HELLO SR
to all
to exhausted to do roll call today #TIA for your understanding
YSoSrs says:
Morning.
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
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You betta
He wanted to be anal raped by Wesley Snipes. Thanks for nothing Julie Neumar!
@Mama
Yep he could get away with a lot of other chit walking that fine line well it finally caught up to him!
u never desired to be a woman yet you dressed up & act like a woman..thats whats wrong now people today always wanna be somebody they NOT..Love who God made you to be..i get so tired of all this fake chit hair, booty, titties, etc. its ok to enhance as long as its in moderation but folks jus went overboard w/this chit
*steps off soapbox
heyyyyyyy luvn, HONEY!!!!!, IHeart, Free, FeFe, Milky, Gyps, Ty, Bibi, FTP, Ididnt, Mamacita (I think those deer either got shot, or locked up. I ain’t seent em in a minute
) 
Good Morning all
Unpredictable says:
Boy/girl bye.
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free says:
daYum!! someone on here was telling us about that 
nope but sounds interesting!
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Well her old a.s.s.was arrested!
I cant… Its Friday though!
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE
NEGRO PLEASE!! If you dont sit your burly ass down
#lazyheretoo
#TIA for your understanding
^ WHY DO I KEEP THINKING THIS MEANTS AUNTIE.. I SWEAR MY BRAIN IS LIKE “NO ESSTUPID IZ NOT NO PINCHE ENGLISH JUU KNOW THAT MEANS UR TIA LUPE”
@Luvn
Im tired and my body aches my lil cuzo came over last nite and she is finding herself you know that confused age at 23-25 well we talked until 4am she really needed to talk and then at 4 she goes do you have to work tomorrow Im like YEP but I felt you needed to talk and she was thanks I did!
hey everybody
i still cant get over aint mable up there 
Y’all
<——— We're dancing to I Wanna Dance with Somebody….
…
Meanwhile back at the ranch
TGIF
hey @y’all
SON
Please note that I posted downstairs that I could be paid in gummi bears or jellie bellies NO GUM
#picky
Choco, please go see my duck q downstairs.
gypsyeyes says:
He wanted to be anal raped by Wesley Snipes. Thanks for nothing Julie Neumar!
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Double damn
In that pic of him with the glasses I get Cicely Tyson
So basically the women pulled a Fleece Johnson on him?!
I mean it’s not funny, but
Choco aka Hippie says:
@Luvn
Im tired and my body aches my lil cuzo came over last nite and she is finding herself you know that confused age at 23-25 well we talked until 4am she really needed to talk and then at 4 she goes do you have to work tomorrow Im like YEP but I felt you needed to talk and she was thanks I did!
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That was mighty nice of u Choco….so u busy tonight??
I have no intention on being a woman… never, ever have.”
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Coulda fooled me.
#Joseline take notes
@ididn’t Cicely Tyson as Miss Jane? or Cicely Tyson as Miles Davis woman?
Choco aka Hippie says:
@Luvn
Im tired and my body aches my lil cuzo came over last nite and she is finding herself you know that confused age at 23-25 well we talked until 4am she really needed to talk and then at 4 she goes do you have to work tomorrow Im like YEP but I felt you needed to talk and she was thanks I did!
Awww
Get it Razzle & Natasha!
Unpre, Bibi, Natash
Unpredaufyaiwhrjnafj heeeeeey girl!!
Hey Natasha
@ Choco
somethings do take precedent”
Milky says:
They were probably like
The Boy Is Mine 
@FREE
But dude says he’s a drag queen not a tranny, meaning he dresses as woman but still has male genitals. (I think he’s lying though.)
So when he got examined by the prisons doctors and put in the prison showers, even if he has a ****le smaller than Man’s, they saw balls or something not vagina-like down there.
But IF he went in as a woman and filled out forms saying he was a woman, they had no choice. I think dude thought women’s prison would be easier and when he found out that women rape too he came up with this bullsht defense and lawsuit.
#TIA for your understanding
Thanks in Advance
^ WHY DO I KEEP THINKING THIS MEANTS AUNTIE.. I SWEAR MY BRAIN IS LIKE “NO ESSTUPID IZ NOT NO PINCHE ENGLISH JUU KNOW THAT MEANS UR TIA LUPE”
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i guess i will start my drinking early since my manager is gone.
makes it a double drinking for msdiva 
Natasha38 says:
@ididn’t Cicely Tyson as Miss Jane? or Cicely Tyson as Miles Davis woman?
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I’m going with Miss Jane
Lawwd
MMS
(no clues)
Lip Sync For your $20 million. Rupaul’S Drag Race Reject, LOL
CHAMONE FTP
wheres KEESSH???
@Luvn
No doubt I know exactly how she is feeling and Im glad I could give her a ear its hard feeling alone in your own house she said it’s not a home a house
That wig is awfully unfortunate
SON
and ummm dont pay me in no damn gum unless its old school gum hmph
even if he has a ****le smaller than Man’s
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I thought OTB be calling on Auntie 
I didn’t know what TIA meant either
Milky says:
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Yeah those women were tired of banging rolled up magazines, stolen bananas from the cafeteria and fangers. They wanted to
that real dack.
Choco aka Hippie says:
Im tired and my body aches my lil cuzo came over last nite and she is finding herself you know that confused age at 23-25 well we talked until 4am she really needed to talk and then at 4 she goes do you have to work tomorrow Im like YEP but I felt you needed to talk and she was thanks I did!
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That was nice Choco.
Sounds like something I’d do. One time a homegirl/coworker called me in the middle of the night (back when people still had house phones) and i listened to her cry and talk until 3am and we both had to be to work by 8!!
Lawd what is this mess
@BIBI
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Hey Roses…..
Longtime no hear from I know….job banned SR last October…. but i HAD to log on through mobile to say
Someone please do me a favor….when kdub logs on…..tell her leap said she aint never been shyt…aint shyt…and never will be shyt for those Fantasia letters…yesterday….LOL! “senerly” and “i want my bells bonding bizness back”…..she gave me life when i was reading last nite…later.
I saw you like that packaged gum SON, what’s the name?
Drag queens are entertainers. Why is he walking around in everyday clothes as a woman? GTFOH! He looking to get paid
Choco aka Hippie says:
that made me sad;makes me think of my son,when i was going thru it with him last month.
to you
No doubt I know exactly how she is feeling and Im glad I could give her a ear its hard feeling alone in your own house she said it’s not a home a house
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Its always Important to try and steer these younings in the Right direction and help em out even if it means just listening
Bibi says:
@Iheart, Luvn, Yall, Choco, Yso, Ms.Fashion, Free, Razzle, Lakes, Mamacita, Milky, Gypsy, Ty
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HEY SUGA!!
Queen Latifah has been a man this whole time?
@Bibi
I was impressed my damnself cuz I just kept asking her the right questions and she would have to come to her conclusions you know not through me telling her what to do but through her identifying her issues herself through discussion she teared up so many times but we laughed as well
and NO Im not busy if you need a ear Im always available….
I think he was giving it up willingly and getting paid in phone minutes and commissary. Then when he got out he saw another opportunity to try to get paid.
@MAN
I like Queen so
SUP YSO!
LadyLew; NAS
YALL
SO I WASN’T THE ONLYS ONE LIKE “WHY DA FAWK THEY KEEP ON CALLING AUNTIE.. 
“
Hey @YSO and Fashion
@Ididn’t… why it gotta be Miss Jane though? That’s one typecast lady… she will always be Miss Jane
Morning to MsDiva I saw u spoke down yonder
and to everyone else, YSO, FTP my Lakes 
Leap, Yall, ohoney, Vdot, Choco, Xena, 100%, Mama, Natasha, Bibi, Razzle, Daisy 
shat is that everybody 
even if he has a ****le smaller than Man’s
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Phuck who ever said this!
My chit is right in average range!
**mumbling**
“… da hoe prolly cant get no dyck…”
yallcrazy says:
(no clues)
you can stop saying that
MMS
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Do you ever give clues???
I am worried about the mane of this obviously MALE lion.
I seater to Gawd!!! these dang comedians are coming down to SO.Fla but their in venues 25mins away or better! I wanna see Sommore
JENN
@Choco
Aww
Thank u!
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
Queen Latifah has been a man this whole time?
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Well then sir/ma’am get yo fukkin life!!
You check the box that says youre a woman and you dress like a woman. The biology plays a small role because he already identified himself as the other gender which CCA and them tried to respect.
But when they yanked that meat bet he realized he made a huge mistake. Bet it opened its eyes. SMFH
I hope the case is dismissed because its stupid and makes a mockery of real tranny issues.
AND YOU WAS A THIEF, chillle please *ochovoice*
that made me sad;makes me think of my son,when i was going thru it with him last month.
to you
Its always Important to try and steer these younings in the Right direction and help em out even if it means just listening
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Yep especially if they care to share – she just kept saying she can’t talk to her mom like that and I know she can’t I know her mom but I let her know she is still not at a lost becuz she talks to her grandmother who is more nuturing and I explained to her I felt the same way with my mom and it wasn’t until my mom became a senior citizen she started becoming sensitive to my needs as far as relating to her as a daughter….
Hey Jenie
Unpredictable says:
Boy/girl bye. If he would have been sent to a men’s prison, he would have more than likely gotten raped.
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He would have sued if he was sent to the men’s or women’s prisons. I hope the court tosses his lawsuit out.
@Ms.Fashion
I meant to tell you earlier im loving ur hair in that gravi ma
Natasha38 says:
Hey @YSO and Fashion
@Ididn’t… why it gotta be Miss Jane though? That’s one typecast lady… she will always be Miss Jane
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That’s what came to mind
As BIG as it is there is no way the girls took his goods. Now it should dress and act the way it was born.
YSoSrs says:
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
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I totally agree.
SON old school gum Big League Chew hmph
That was nice Choco.
Sounds like something I’d do. One time a homegirl/coworker called me in the middle of the night (back when people still had house phones) and i listened to her cry and talk until 3am and we both had to be to work by 8!!
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You probably saved a world of despair sometimes you just need to get that chit off your chest
BrownSuggaBabe says:
u never desired to be a woman yet you dressed up & act like a woman..
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And Carla is a woman’s name.
SU (no clues)
@Bibi
Choco aka Hippie says:
well we talked until 4am she really needed to talk…
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That was very nice of you. One of the simplest ways to express love is to listen.
Now I know SON!
He/She shole is ugly!!!
cause ya’ll left me in the CiCi post by myself….
I’m sure they knew he was a man. But IF he identified himself as a woman, they had no choice but to put him with other women. If they hadn’t, he still would have sued.
These are the rights and equality that you’ve been fighting for. Can’t complain now.
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SO….He got equal opportunity rapists…
BrownSuggaBabe says:
@Ms.Fashion I meant to tell you earlier im loving ur hair in that gravi ma
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THANKS DOLL!!!!
HEYYY @Natasha!!
Sandra Rose says:
BrownSuggaBabe says:
u never desired to be a woman yet you dressed up & act like a woman..
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And Carla is a woman’s name.
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Not to mention, it really isn’t a “drag” name either. It’s more like a ” let’s see who I can fool” name…:coffee:
not to be insensitive…isn’t this a double edged sword? Wouldn’t he have possibly been assaulted in a men’s prison as well due to his soft features? He still would sue…BECAUSE they didn’t identify him with his preference as a woman?
Then my side-bar question: “assaulted in the showers by female prisoners when they discovered he had male genitalia” How did they make his penis stay hard?
Longtime no hear from I know….job banned SR last October…. but i HAD to log on through mobile to say
Someone please do me a favor….when kdub logs on…..tell her leap said she aint never been shyt…aint shyt…and never will be shyt for those Fantasia letters…yesterday….LOL! “senerly” and “i want my bells bonding bizness back”…..she gave me life when i was reading last nite…later.
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LEAP YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
I luhs ya hunny!
Would he have sued if he were in a men’s prison being assaulted? I think the issue is he is gay and wanted to be around men
I think he would have sued either way, but this will be an awesome movie!
So you a man wanting to be a woman but you mad because you in a woman’s prison…OHHHH, you wanna be a man now…so you can do the nasty…I get it *snickers*