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  1. Letter on Social Justice and AIDS Activism

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 20, 1992
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Bill Clinton, Dee Farmer, Odyssey Magazine
    Description: Letter written by Dee Farmer discussing ideas of social justice, AIDS activism, and politics.
  2. Letter on Trans Health Experiences in Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Nov. 12, 1992
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender-affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medical care, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Farmer, John Shabaz, Judy Greenspan
    Description: A letter written by Dee Farmer to Judy Greenspan detailing her struggles with AIDS symptoms and grievances about her ongoing legal battle.
  3. 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.
  4. Letter Response on Issues Impacting Transgender Inmates in California

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ramirez Palmer, Ana
    Date: Feb. 10, 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 the warden Ana Ramirez Palmer replying to Scott Cozza from the Prison Health Care Reform. Ramirez Palmer responds to Cozza's discussion of twelve issues that impact transgender people w...
  5. Letter Reviewing Issues of Transgender People in California Prisons

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Cozza, Scott, Ruggles, Ted, Levitt, George
    Date: Feb. 7, 1998
    Topics: FtMs, Harassment, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicalization, MtFs, Reproductive health care for transgender people, Sexual assault, Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: California Department of Corrections, California Medical Facility (CMF), Judy Greenspan, Prison Health Care Reform
    Description: Correspondence between members of the Ad Hoc Prison Health Care Reform Committee, staff at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, and the California Department of Corrections. They discuss g...
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve
    Date: May 5, 1984
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites
    Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network
    Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News.
  10. Men at Work

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Prince, Winthrop
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: AIDS education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ comics, Safer sex
    Description: A comic by W. Prince about common misconceptions about HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing.
  11. My Aim Is True

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Prince, Winthrop
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: AIDS education, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ comics, LGBTQ+ people with substance use disorders, Safer sex, Sexual health, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Description: A comic by W. Prince about substance abuse and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
  12. National Prison Project: AIDS Update

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Walker, Jackie, Farmer, Dee, Salgado, Cruz, Flashner, Mike
    Date: Spring 1993
    Topics: AIDS education, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Clipping from a column called "AIDS Update" with articles about AIDS education in prison.
  13. Newsline: AIDS in the Transgender Community

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Trotter, Becky, Cotter, Mary
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: AIDS activists, Androgyny, Drag queens, Female impersonators, FtMs, Gender-affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Information provision, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, MtFs, Stonewall riots, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Birgit Pols, Chloe Dzubilo, Jason Farrel, Kim Iwamoto, Lee White, Nora Gabriella Molina, Patricia Nelson, Rosalyne Blumenstein, THE Clinic, The Gender Identity Project, Valiza Slaughter, Yvonne Ritter
    Description: Newsline publication focusing on the issues of transgender AIDS patients, including interviews, submitted works, memorials, and community resources.
  14. No Liability in Transsexual Inmate's Assault Unless Officials Were Subjectively Reckless

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Sexual violence, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and rape.
  15. No Right to Cross-Dress in State Penitentiary

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Veronica Rodriguez
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes 1995 containing the article "No Right to Cross-Dress in State Penitentiary."