Afterlives: The Layleen Polanco StoryAfterlives: The Layleen Polanco Story

Episode 2: To Survive

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Layleen’s mid-twenties weren’t easy. In the years leading up to her death at age 27, she was denied job opportunities, spent periods of time incarcerated, and struggled with her physical and mental health. Sex work was one way Layleen could support herself; but a sex work arrest set off a dehumanizing battle with the criminal justice system that led to her death.

Layleen’s story is not an outlier. Decades of transphobic policies made her arrest feel familiar. We’ll hear from trans women who were devastated by the loss of Layleen, in part because they felt her fate could have been their own.

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The life and legacy of Layleen Xtravaganza Cubilette-Polanco is at the heart of Afterlives, a podcas 
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