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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. -
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... -
Letter Offering Support and Guidance for Transgender Prison Health Care Reform
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy Date: Nov. 18, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender violence, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Prison reform, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: GenderPAC, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Judy Greenspan, Scott Cozza Description: Letter from Nancy Nangeroni to Scott Cozza and Judy Greenspan, offering support and guidance in their work towards reform for trans people in prison. Nangeroni suggests conducting a survey of trans... -
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... -
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. -
Petition to Prison Warden for Transgender Healthcare Rights in 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, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Prison reform, STDs, Transgender people Subject: Ana Olivares, Barbara Anderson, Judy Greenspan, Nancy Nangeroni, Prison Health Care Reform, Riki Anne Wilchins, Scott Cozza Description: A petition sent to the prison warden of the California Medical Facility at Vacaville, Ana Olivares, including a demand for better treatment of transgender inmates. Many of these demands pertain to ... -
Prisoners Perspectives: AIDS Has a Face of Its Own
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: Aug. 1992 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison reform Subject: ACT UP, Dee Farmer, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Prisoners AIDS Highway, PWA Coalition Newsline, Ryan's Vision Quarterly Description: Article from the August 1992, issue #79 of the PWA Coalition Newsline written by Dee Farmer. Discusses segregation and inadequacies of care and lack of resources provided to HIV-positive prisoners,... -
Prisoners Perspectives: Paying the Price
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: Oct. 1992 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison reform Subject: Dee Farmer, PWA Coalition Newsline Description: Article from the October 1992, issue #81 of the PWA Coalition Newsline written by Dee Farmer. It explores prisoner mistreatments, emphasizing failures of AIDS care, overcrowding, and a lack of fund... -
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. -
"Trapped" in Sing Sing: Transgender Prisoners Caught in the Gender Binarism
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Rosenblum, Darren Date: Sep. 19, 2002 Topics: AIDS phobia, Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender legislation, Anti-transgender violence, Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , Bathroom bans, BIPOC, Birth certificates, Castration, Cosmetics, Gender-affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification of LGBTQ+ people by police, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ sexual abuse, MtFs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Post-operative, Prison reform, Prison violence, Queer transgender people, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender victims of rape, Transgender victims of sexual abuse, Transphobia Subject: Dee Farmer Description: An article about the mistreatment of trans people in prison, the barriers they face, and the law and terms surrounding it. Throughout the article, the author uses the metaphor of the miner and the ...
