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A Real Nightmare - Transgender Behind Bars
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: T Date: Jun. 25, 2001 Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Fairies (Gay culture), Harassment, Homosexuals, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transphobia Description: Letter from a transgender inmate recounting her experience of harassment and difficulty navigating the California prison system through the narrative of an unlikely love-story. -
Clippings on Issues Facing the Incarcerated Transgender Community
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Cozza, Scott Date: Dec. 9, 1996 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Allies, Coming out, Gender-affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicalization, Prostitution, Sexual assault, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), California Medical Facility (CMF), Cindy Chandler, Inprisonment Law Moderator, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Jackie Thorne, Judy Greenspan, Laura Elizabeth Skaer, Loren Jones, Martine Aliana Rothblatt, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Scott Cozza, Sharon Ann Stuart Description: Correspondence between Scott Cozza and Judy Greenspan, with clipped articles covering various aspects of incarcerated transgender experiences. -
Email on Dee Farmer Case History
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jan. 14, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ victims of rape, LGBTQ+ victims' rights, Trans women Subject: Dee Farmer, Riki Anne Wilchins Description: Email correspondence on the Dee Farmer case. Farmer was a transgender woman suing for the mistreatment of her case by the prison system after experiencing rape while incarcerated. Mentions the case... -
Greeting Card from Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people Subject: Dee Farmer Description: Correspondence between Dee Farmer and Judy Greenspan about the campaign in Virginia to prosecute people with HIV who "knowingly possibly transmit the disease," noting that four people had been char... -
In Memoriam Toni Hamilton and Kee Kee Sellers
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: circa Aug. 2000 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuals, Hormones, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ solidarity, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Misgendering, Trans women Subject: HIP Committee, Kee Kee Sellers, Toni Hamilton Description: Memoriam piece for two deceased transexual prisoners who died from a lack of adequate health care. Discusses harassment, identify erasure, deprivation of hormones, HIV-AIDS, and general anti-LGBTQ ... -
Locked Out Frequently Asked Questions Flyer
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Locked Out Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005 Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ persecutions, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ victims of rape, Prison reform, Queerphobia Subject: Locked Out Description: Document created by the prison reform organization Locked Out to answer frequently asked questions on the motivation and actions of the organization. -
The Importance of Outside Communication to the Transgendered Inmate
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Maulsby, V. (Mikki) Date: 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people Subject: Amnesty International, Gay Community News, GCN Prisoner Project, gendertrash, Mike Riegle Description: An editorial on why writing to incarcerated trans people can be life-saving. Originally published on page 31 of volume 22, number 2 of Gay Community News. -
Transgender Victory at Vacaville Prison
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Feb. 26, 1998 Topics: Clothing, Gender segregation, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people Subject: California Department of Corrections, California Medical Facility (CMF), California Prison Focus, Judy Greenspan, Prison Health Care Reform Description: Newspaper clipping on the upcoming meeting between the California Medical Facility and the Ad Hoc Committee for Prison Health Care Reform. Members of the committee discuss conditions for transgende...
