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  1. 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.

  2. Advocates for Transgender Prisoners Challenge Discrimination at Vacaville State Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 21, 1998
    Topics: AIDS activists, Anti-transgender discrimination, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Prison reform, STDs, Transgender people, Transgender victims of rape
    Subject: Karen Shain, Prison Health Care Reform, Scott Cozza
    Description: Press release on petition for prison reform for transgender people, demanding improvements in treatment for individuals with HIV/AIDS and mental health support.

  3. Alert on Conditions for Transgender Inmates in California Medical Facility

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 16, 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender activism, Transgender community
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), Joseph Bick, Scott Cozza
    Description: A call for support by social worker Scott Cozza about conditions for incarcerated HIV-positive and transgender people at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Flyer on Anti-Transgender Community Discrimination in Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), HIV/AIDS in Prison Project, Joseph Bick
    Description: Flyer on transgender prisoner discriminations and loss of access to support groups for the broader transgender community fighting HIV/AIDS.

  7. Focus Group Findings On Transgendered Persons in California

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Sandoval, Chris
    Date: Jul. 31, 1995
    Topics: AIDS education, Gender non-conforming people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Center for Special Problems, Educational TV Channel (ETVC)
    Description: A report on a focus group of 16 individuals in prison and their opinion on what works for HIV and transgender education.

  8. 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.

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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...

  11. 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.

  12. Letter Addressing Issues Impacting Transgender Inmates in California

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Cozza, Scott
    Date: Jan. 21, 1998
    Topics: Bodily autonomy, Gender dysphoria, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV tests, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Prison reform, Transgender people
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), Scott Cozza
    Description: Letter from Scott Cozza, a member of the Ad Hoc Committee from the Prison Health Care Reform, to Warden Ana Ramirez Palmer, discussing 12 issues that impact transgender people within the California...

  13. Letter by Dee Farmer on Prison and AIDS Activism

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 2, 1992
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, AIDS organizations, Anti-lesbian discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Designers Industry Foundation for AIDS, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), John Brown Education Fund, Judy Greenspan, Martin Luther King Jr., PWA Coalition Newsline, Rodney King
    Description: This letter, written Dee Farmer and addressed to Judy Greenspan, details LGBTQ+ prisoner stories and the status of AIDS activism organizations across the country.

  14. Letter by Dee Farmer on Writing Updates

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 26, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Correspondence between Dee Farmer and Judy Greenspan. Dee shares updates about what she has been working on.

  15. 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 ...