Dee Farmer

Dee Farmer is a legal expert and consultant. A legend in the transgender rights movement, Dee was the first transgender plaintiff to bring a case before the United States Supreme Court. In the precedent-setting Farmer v. Brennan case, the Court ruled that incarcerated people have a right to be protected from harm and that prisons are responsible for their safety. Dee is also the Founder and Executive Director of Fight4Justice, an organization that supports currently and formerly incarcerated people, and especially who are LGBTQI+ through advocacy, education, reentry services and legal referrals. Dee also lectures at law schools, legal conferences, and community events about transgender rights, and she is a legal consultant for the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders.