Amicus brief arguing that gender-based trauma is essential mitigating evidence for sentencing.
Amicus brief, filed by a coalition of gender justice organizations, explains how sexual and gender-based trauma has profound adverse impacts on mental health, leaving survivors vulnerable to PTSD, depression, anxiety, emotional numbness, substance use, and revictimization (pp. 3, 5, 7, 13–15). Childhood sexual abuse increases susceptibility to these harms and can disrupt brain development (pp. […]