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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. 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.

  6. Letter from Community United Against Violence (CUAV) to Torey Tuesday South

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Virago, Shawna
    Date: Oct. 14, 1997
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Criminal law, Identification of LGBTQ+ people by police, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people
    Subject: Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Intersex Society of North America, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Northern California Service League, Susan Christian, Torey Tuesday South
    Description: Letter from Hate Violence and Domestic Violence Client Advocate Shawna Virago, of Community United Against Violence (CUAV), to Torey Tuesday South. Virago offers legal advocacy and emotional suppor...

  7. Letter Requesting Watch Repair

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Nov. 9, 1992
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan, PWA Coalition Newsline
    Description: A letter written by Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan requesting their help repairing her broken watch, as well as requesting a particular comic about AIDS.

  8. Letter to Judy Greenspan on California Medical Facility

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bick, Joseph
    Date: Aug. 7, 1997
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender community
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), Judy Greenspan
    Description: Letter correspondence between Judy Greenspan and Joseph Bick discussing medical care at California Medical Facility, the transgender community, and HIV.

  9. Locked Out Of Sight, But Not Out Of Mind

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Locked Out
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: Allies, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Criminal law, Harassment, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison libraries
    Subject: Amnesty International, Harvey Milk, Locked Out
    Description: A pamphlet from Locked Out bringing awareness to queer incarcerated people and providing information on their prison book sharing program. Includes meeting times and location.

  10. Re: Difficulties Faced by Transgender/Transsexual Prisoners at the California Medical Facility-Vacaville

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 14, 1996
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: HIV/AIDS in Prison Project, Judy Greenspan
    Description: Letter from Judy Greenspan on the poor conditions for incarcerated transgender people at the California Medical Facility. Greenspan notes that trans people are not given mental health resources, ar...

  11. Re: Trans Advocacy Letter

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greenspan, Judy, Weaver, Kevin
    Date: Nov. 27, 2001
    Topics: AIDS education, Criminal law, Gender dysphoria, Gender minorities, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Slurs, Transgender people
    Subject: California Prison Focus, Dr. Lori Kohler
    Description: Emails by Judy Greenspan and Kevin Weaver that describe the needs for medical and mental healthcare for transgender and gender-variant people within the California State Prison - Corcoran. The lett...

  12. Sistahood Project Vol. 1, No. 1

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Grayson, Sharyn
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, FtMs, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Internalized transphobia, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Post-operative, Pre-operative, Prison reform, Social movements, STDs, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transsexual people
    Subject: AIDS Project East Bay Transgender Program, TransGender Advisory Committee
    Description: Sistahood Project Vol. 1, No. 1 that covers issues of the incarcerated transgender community, the politics of trans youth experiences, HIV awareness/activism, and local trans community resources.

  13. Subject: Article on MTF Trans Prisoner

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Sondegaard, Gail
    Date: Oct. 9, 1997
    Topics: Herbal treatments, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Transsexual News Telegraph
    Description: Email correspondence from Gail Sondegaard on resources for trans prisoners.

  14. Subject: Trans Prisoners (Nov 1997)

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1997
    Topics: FtMs, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Intersex people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Transgender people
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), Judy Greenspan, Scott Cozza, Torey Tuesday South, Transsexual News Telegraph
    Description: Correspondence between Jill and Judy Greenspan regarding transgender people in prison's access to hormone therapy and the status of their current project surrounding this line of activism

  15. Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee Pamphlet

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: Harassment, Human rights, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: California Prison Focus
    Description: An informational pamphlet by a California Prison Focus committee detailing types of abuse trans women face in prisons. Includes meeting times and contact info for the support group.