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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. 8th Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Treatment Denial for Transvestite Prisoner

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Summer 1996
    Topics: Drag, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicalization, Prisons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Merlin Long
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes detailing the 1996 Long v. Nix case.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Alert on Scott Cozza's Support Group Ending

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Cozza, Scott
    Date: Jul. 16, 1996
    Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups
    Subject: California Medical Facility (CMF), Joseph Bick, Scott Cozza
    Description: A call for support from prison social worker Scott Cozza about his HIV education program and transgender support group being impacted by homophobic and transphobic policies at the California Medica...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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...

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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...

  15. 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.