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  1. 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.
  2. 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...
  3. Letter by Dee about Magazines

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 15, 1993
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: ACT UP, Body Positive, Central Virginia Aids Program, Dee Farmer, Odyssey Magazine, Prison Life
    Description: Letter by Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan about the magazines she has requested and ordered, also contains an update on the status of her Supreme Court case.
  4. Letter by Dee Farmer on Assault and Transphobia in Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Nov. 5, 1993
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gay culture, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Calvin Edwards, Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan
    Description: Correspondence by Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan covering some of her experiences with assault and transphobia/homophobia in prison.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 ...
  8. 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.
  9. Letter from Bill Wallace Querying Torey Tuesday South

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 16, 1997
    Topics: Intersex people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people
    Description: Correspondence between Bill Wallace and Torey Tuesday Smith with Bill Wallace asking questions about Torey Tuesday's experience transitioning.
  10. Letter from California Senator to Torey Tuesday South

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Polanco, Richard G.
    Date: Jun. 18, 1997
    Topics: Criminal law, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people
    Subject: California Department of Corrections, Gwynnae Byrd, Janice Helmer, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Richard Polanco, Torey Tuesday South
    Description: A letter from California State Senator Richard G. Polanco to Torey Tuesday South that discusses legal representation regarding abuse within the California Men's Colony State Prison. Polanco offers ...
  11. 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...
  12. Letter from Damon Marquis on Survey

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Marquis, Damon K.
    Date: Jul. 8, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Letter from Damon K. Marquis asking Dee Farmer to complete a survey.
  13. Letter from Dee Farmer Asking for Materials

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 15, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan
    Description: Letter from Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan talking about articles she sent and asking to be sent more articles.
  14. Letter from Dee Farmer on Attempts to Bring Case to the Supreme Court

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Apr. 24, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Law, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Sexual orientation
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Minority Prison Project
    Description: Correspondence between Dee Farmer and Judy Greenspan regarding a chapter of Sexual Orientation and the Law and other articles about LGBTQ+ people in prison. Farmer reiterates her wish to bring the ...
  15. Letter from Dee Farmer on Conditions in Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 17, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan
    Description: A letter from Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan about the changing conditions in prison.