My straight penpal marries a transgender woman.

[Ms Sunny]

NY prisons allow same sex marriages. It becomes problematic when looking for an officiant.
And if they are both incarcerated at the same facility, they will be split, because spouses can’t be incarcerated in same facility.
It’s a catch 22 (for legal marriage). But a jailhouse Union is different. Happens all the time. People want family. A community. Survival. For whatever reasons, non of our business.