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  1. 6th Circuit Denies Appeal by Transsexual Inmate

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy (Gender), Imprisonment, MtFs, Prisons, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Michelle Murray
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes about the Murray v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons case from 1997 in which Michelle Murray, a trans woman, faced trans-discriminatory treatment while imprisoned.

  2. A Compassionate Approach to Activism

     
    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, Gender equality, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Queer activism
    Subject: DC Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gay Men, Dee Farmer
    Description: Article written by Dee Farmer on BIPOC LGBTQ+ activism, discussing topics of AIDS, sex, and social justice.

  3. Amnesty International Adopts Gay and Lesbian Prisoners of Conscience and Missouri Will No Longer Isolate HIVers

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Description: Two small article clippings, the first being about legislation about gay and lesbian prisoners of conscience, and the second about HIV-positive prisoners being re-integrated with other prisoners.

  4. Condoms Stop AIDS

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Hack, Rich
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: AIDS education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ comics, Safer sex
    Description: A comic about the importance of condoms.

  5. Email on Crystal Marie Schwenk's Trial

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1997
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Sexual assault, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender victims of rape, Transsexual people
    Subject: Crystal Marie Schwenk, Gary Locke
    Description: Correspondence from The Crystal Foundation of Oregon about trial details for the Crystal Marie Schwenk case. Document also asks for correspondents willing to write to another prisoner.

  6. 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...

  7. Email on Protest for Transgender Prisoner Rights

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1997
    Topics: Deadnaming, Harassment, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Crystal Marie Schwenk, Donald Merlyn Snook, Gary Locke, John Cambell, Looney Liberation Army, Nancy J Krier, Prison Activist Resource Center, Robert Mitchell, The Crystal Foundation
    Description: Mailing list entry from Prison Activist Resource Center on a planned protest for the rights of transgender people in prison, specifically focused on Crystal Schwenk and the development of her case.

  8. Federal Court Discriminate Against Inmates Dee Famer & Associates

     
    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, Law, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Dee Farmer, United State Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (USMCFP)
    Description: An informational mass correspondence written by Dee Farmer detailing the legal discriminations and subpar living conditions of federal prisoners.

  9. 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...

  10. HIV Prevention & Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco: Results from Eleven Focus Groups

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: San Francisco Department of Public Health
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ support groups, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender people
    Description: A report of a study conducted on eleven focus groups to describe factors related to HIV-risk in the transgender community.

  11. HIV/AIDS Prisoner Support Packet

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: AIDS education, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment
    Subject: Body Positive, Dee Farmer, Gay Community News, Judy Greenspan, Mike Reigle, Rebecca Lavine
    Description: Prisoner Support Packet providing AIDS/HIV education, resources, stories, and activism.

  12. Issues Facing the Incarcerated Transgender Community in the California Department of Corrections

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Cozza, Scott
    Date: Nov. 28, 1997
    Topics: FtMs, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ prisoners, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: National AIDs Conference
    Description: Internal record of the findings of a social worker employed by the California Department of Corrections to investigate the conditions of transgender prisoners in state prisons: worker employs an ac...

  13. Join the Fight for Trans Prisoners' Rights!

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Brody, Delphine
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: Chosen name, Clothing, FtMs, Gender minorities, Hormones, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people
    Subject: Beth Feinberg, California Department of Corrections, California Medical Facility (CMF), Judy Greenspan, Kevin Weaver
    Description: An article written by Delphine Brody about the struggle transgender prisoners in California face. It is also seeking submissions for Prison Focus.

  14. Letter for Support to Improve Conditions for Incarcerated People

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greenspan, Judy, Cozza, Scott
    Date: Nov. 1997
    Topics: Harassment, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Police harassment, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Subject: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Prison Health Care Reform
    Description: Posted correspondence from Prison Health Care Reform, deals with issue of maltreatment, healthcare, and conditions of transgender prisoners. Cover letter poses various roles and actions for people ...

  15. Letter from Bill Wallace on Writing Torey Tuesday South's Story

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wallace, Bill
    Date: Dec. 15, 1997
    Topics: Intersex people, Intersex people in the military, Transgender people
    Subject: Shawna Virago, Susan Christian, Torey Tuesday South
    Description: Correspondence between Bill Wallace and Torey Tuesday South regarding a variety of her life experiences. Bill Wallace also mentions his communication with Shawna Virago and Janice and Susan Christian.