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  1. Letter from Mary-Liz Green to Rupert Raj (February 10, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Green, Mary-Liz
    Date: Feb. 10, 1986
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: Elizabeth Fry Society, Mary-Liz Green, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Mary-Liz Green, vice president of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, to Rupert Raj. Green writes that the association is concerned about the welfare of imprisoned tran...
  2. Letter from Vanessa D. Meriweather (November 11, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Meriwether, Vanessa
    Date: Nov. 11, 1986
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Transsexuals in Prison
    Description: Letter from Vanessa D. Meriweather about the Transsexuals in Prison newsletter.
  3. Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    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.
  4. No Liability in Transsexual Inmate's Assault Unless Officials Were Subjectively Reckless

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    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.
  5. No Right to Cross-Dress in State Penitentiary

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    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."
  6. Oral History Interview with Rissa

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Rissa
    Date: Feb. 18, 2017
    Topics: Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ religious people, Sexual assault, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Ferrum College, Jerry Falwell, Moral Majority, Rissa, Roanoke Diversity Center
    Description: Oral History Interview with Rissa Interviewer: Omari Chancellor, Emily Brun Interviewee: Rissa Date: 18 February 2017 Location: Roanoke Diversity Center Total Duration: 56:22 Transciption pre...
  7. Preliminary Investigation Towards a Formal Proposal for a Comprehensive Program for the Rehabilitation and Social Integration of Transsexual Inmates and Parolees in Canada

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Feb. 21, 1986
    Topics: FtMs, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Elizabeth Fry Society, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: A proposal by Rupert Raj to create a program dedicated to helping transsexual inmates and parolees in Canada. The proposal contains information on which organizations and prisons would participate ...
  8. Rupert Raj's Correspondence Regarding Transsexuals in Prison (1986-1987)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Williamson, Lois, Williams III, McCollough, Kastner, D. C.
    Date: 1986
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Transsexuals in Prison
    Description: A letter from Lois Williamson, executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society, responding to Rupert Raj that their staff are not qualified to meet the needs of transsexual clients. A letter from R...
  9. Seeking 'equal protection' for transsexuals in prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 17, 1989
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Criminal law, Estrogen, Hormones, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, United States Constitution
    Description: A letter to the editor of GCN concerning transsexual prisoners' rights. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 10 of Gay Community News.
  10. Shiloh Quine Papers

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Shiloh Quine, Transgender Law Center
    Description: "Shiloh Heavenly Quine, a transgender woman born in 1959, was the first person in the United States to receive state-funded gender-affirming surgery while incarcerated. The collection consists of t...
  11. Stone Butch Blues

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Authors, Butches, Chest reconstruction surgery, Classism, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Feminism, Femmes, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homelessness, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Labor, Labor movement, Labor unions, Lesbian liberation, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ social processes, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Police harassment, Queer rights, Sexual harassment, Stone butches, Stonewall riots, Testosterone, Trans women, Transgender rights, Transmasculinity, Transphobia
    Subject: Alison Bechdel, Assata Shakur, CeCe McDonald, Chrystos, Eileen Myles, Emanuel Xavier, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Holly Hughes, Jess Goldberg, Jewelle Gomez, Judith Halberstam, Lambda Literary Award, Michael M. Hernandez, Stonewall Book Award, Susan Stryker
    Description: Originally published in 1993 by Firebrand Books, "Stone Butch Blues" by Leslie Feinberg is a novel that centers around protagonist Jess Goldberg and Jess' relationship to sexual and gender identity...
  12. SUPPORT GAY PRISONERS

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: O'Hara, Rick
    Date: 1999
    Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-gay violence, Gay men, Homophobia, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people
    Subject: Covenant Station, Gay Community News
    Description: A letter to the editor detailing experiences of assault and mistreatment in prison for a gay man and his transgender partner. Originally published on page 3 of volume 24, issue 3-4 of Gay Community...
  13. The Importance of Outside Communication to the Transgendered Inmate

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Maulsby, V. (Mikki)
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people
    Subject: Amnesty International, Gay Community News, GCN Prisoner Project, gendertrash, Mike Riegle
    Description: An editorial on why writing to incarcerated trans people can be life-saving. Originally published on page 31 of volume 22, number 2 of Gay Community News.
  14. The Strange Case of Max Curry

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1915
    Topics: Arson, Gender affirming surgery, Insurance fraud, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Arch Dilley, J. Henry Rider, Maud Jackson, Max Curry
    Description: Description of the life and legal troubles of Max Curry from volume 33.3 of the Pocahontas Times.
  15. Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Collection

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Miss Major, Stiletto, Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), Woods Ervin
    Description: "The Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) is an organization of transgender, gender-variant, and intersex people – most of them low-income transgender women of color who have ...