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25 and blazing a path of his own, he's taking the johnson name in a different direction. >> i can see these on you. >> oh, thank you, yeah. >> one of e.j.'s first steps towards independence is developing a fashion line built around his own gender bending style. >> it excites me to create new looks, something that somebody else might never put together and it's very ej. this jacket, i'm obsessed with. it's going to be like everything i ever wanted in a jacket, actually, obsession. >> e.j. wants to design clothes that empower everyone no matter their gender. to feel great about how they look. >> so what is it about this that you love? >> i think it's honestly a combination of both of my styles, cool and urban, and then all of the sudden very, very bougie and up town.
>> i can see these on you. >> thank you. >> one of e.j.'s first steps towards independence is developing a fashion line built around his own gender bending style. >> it excites me to create new looks somebody else might not put together and very e.j. this jacket, i'm obsessed with. it's going to be like everything i ever wanted in a jacket, actually, obsession. >> e.j. wants to design clothes that empower everyone no matter their gender. he feels great about how they look. >> what is it about this that you love? >> it's non nestle' a combination of both of my styles, cool and urban and all of a sudden, very very uptown. >> do you remember how you felt the first time you put on women's clothes? when you looked in the mirror, what did you see? >> i think i felt like i needed
>> what's up? >> i'm fully accessorized. >> the magazine editorial director is a master at finding the right person at the right time to spotlight a cultural trend. for gender pioneers, that is e.j. >> you've been with paper magazine for decades. >> 25 years. >> is this what people want right now to see people more gender bending? >> absolutely. when i was a child, there were no role models for lbgt people, now to see they can wear nail polish and carry a bag. >> while e.j. is breaking down barriers one fashion magazine at a time, he's also encouraging lbgt youths who are following in his footsteps. >> okay. let's go through the clothes first.
own. he's taking the johnson name in a different direction. >> i love -- everything. ooh, thank you, yes. >> one of e.j.'s first steps towards independence is developing a fashion line built around his own gender bending style. >> it excites me to create new looks. something that somebody else might never put together. it's something very e.j. this jacket, i'm obsessed with. this could be, like, everything i ever wanted in a jacket actually. obsession. >> e.j. wants to design clothings that empower everyone, no matter their gender, to feel great about how they look. >> what is it about this you love? >> i think it's honestly just a combination of both of my styles. something really cool and urban and then like all of a sudden very, very boujie and, like, uptown. >> the all-new episode of "this is life" with lisa ling airs
will be different. >> politics and the rest of lif life. >> the rest of life is included. >> there is a lot that happens throughout the day and i think because of the russia and political news cycle, we might not cover, everything from parenting to hollywood to the social pressure that young kids are under and the internet, the constant presence of screens in our lives but there's a lot to discuss regarding the understanding of gender and gender bending and how that affects us understanding human relationship. there's a lot to discuss. some of it is left and right, and some of it isn't. i think we have an obligation to cover everything. i try to do it from all angles. i'm a conservative, i always will be and i'll bring on different voices for these topics but we had a lot of
you have been saying your show will be different. >> politics and the rest of lif life. >> the rest of life is included. >> there is a lot that happens throughout the day and i think because of the russia and political news cycle, we might not cover, everything from parenting to hollywood to the social pressure that young kids are under and the internet, the constant presence of screens in our lives but there's a lot to discuss regarding the understanding of gender and gender bending and how that affects us understanding human relationship. there's a lot to discuss. some of it is left and right, and some of it isn't. i think we have an obligation to cover everything. i try to do it from all angles. i'm a conservative, i always will be and i'll bring on different voices for these topics but we had a lot of
huckabee sanders. any idea? >> they're playing off the gender bending with sean spicer. i would choose john loveits. i'm not sure, that's not even what i'm saying as a partisan which i'm not. donald trump yesterday said, so much is happening. they can't be accurate all the time. so he is defending lying. this is a very unique time. i'm dating myself, i'm going to be really old, during watergate. that was my first joke. this is much worse than that. that's why we need political commenting. the deceit and lying is going on in the white house and we need comedians like us. >> i would say bobby moynihan would be great. just go way out there. i hope whoever plays it, it is very, very funny. it is cathartic and empowering. i keep saying that. >> laughter is the greatest mechanism to survive.
we cover with sheets and towels, stuff like that, make little dresses, you know. we destroy state property to make the outfits, in other words. >> do you wear makeup? >> yes, actually. look at my face. >> we explored another special housing unit at l.a. county as well, the mental health ward, where we encountered one of the most unforgettable scenes ever shown on "lockup." >> there was one gentleman in particular who i could barely see him because there was so much graffiti on his cell door and all over his walls. it looked like hieroglyphics. >> a lot of the writing on the door is human feces, and he also has combined a little mustard on it for coloring. so, that's what he's writing with on the actual door. he's been here a long time, so he continually works on it. >> then i saw the inmate inside, he was completely naked except for some cellophane over his private parts.
stand on the floor there for me, please. >> but most jail detainees have pending court cases and have been denied or are unable to make bail. >> put your stomach on the wall. stomach on the wall. hands behind your back. >> there is another type of jail detainee, as well, and they're often the most dangerous, those who have just been arrested, sometimes still drunk, high on drugs or fresh from committing a crime. >> my biggest challenge in here is dealing with the varieties of people that come in from the streets. we have a lot of mental patients. a lot of the inmates that are arrested have psychological problems and they haven't taken their medication for a long time. >> are there voices talking to you? >> yes, there are. >> you do hear that? >> yes. i do. >> okay. how long have the voices been talking to you? >> for a while. >> for a while. >> sometimes they are unavoidable. people that come in here have nothing to lose. they are coming in here on their
bathroom, [ bleep ], scratch your ass, if you like taking a chance of getting your ass kicked or getting killed, whatever, by inmate cell police, if you like this type of thing, then this is the place for you. >> like many other inmates here, regan has had multiple arrests. >> most people that come to jail stay in jail. regardless whether they go home, they come back, come back. spend the rest of their life in jail. >> while inmates can sometimes be in denial about the circumstances that have brought them to jail, regan was crystal clear. >> me like a lot of other people, it's not that we don't have the knowledge to do different things. i know carpentry, i know masonry. i know -- i have the ability or the skills. it all comes down to choice. i just choose not to, for various reasons, you know. lack of discipline, self-confidence, a self-destructive nature. it's not that i can't do it, it's just that i don't. >> but not everyone believes jail is a choice. some feel they are victims to a