As a surfeit of emotions overwhelms me at once as I count one hundred and ninety-seven steps. The officers are waiting for me with wolfish grins. I know that something is not right.
Xandan Gulley
Xandan Gulley (he/him) is a F2M transgender person incarcerated under the legal name Britney Gulley in a Texas prison. Xandan has spent over 12 years in solitary confinement for his gender identity and as retribution for his exposés unveiling the inhumane conditions that transgenders face daily. Some of Xandan's work can be found in the Texas Observer, LGBTQ Nation, Black Lipstick, The Advocate, San Francisco Bayview, Prism and Texas Letters. Xandan was a 2023 recipient for the Ridgeway Reporting Project grant and is a 2025 winner of the Stillwater Awards.
You can write to Xandan through Securus: Britney Gulley / ID#01601283 / Texas Department of Criminal Justice / Murray Unit.